Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

44 reviews

lumidouce's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

For some reason, I have never thought that the greek myths we know best, are in fact just one retelling and there are many others that could be more accurate, or at least portray a different view (that view obviously being from the women). This was such a good introduction to classical history, in a bite sized manner, and on characters that someone like me (semi decent ancient greek mythology knowledge) is familiar with. I really enjoyed seeing all the art and modern media retellings of famous myths, as well as the snarky comments from the author 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

purnuhja's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A great read! This is a well-researched book delivered in an easy to understand, and oftentimes humorous, manner. I love the modern and feminist insight into these characters and how it's founded in evidence from the varying interpretations of each myth. I learned a lot about not just women in greek myths, but also about storytelling and how retellings reflect (and affect) the dominant social culture. 

Some chapters were better than others (but I think this is natural and also affected by personal taste), and some of the analysis felt like a stretch or just commentary for the sake of commentary.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

lauramcc7's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

nottooscarythanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

pipn_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

gaysian's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, Death of parent, and Alcohol

alittlebookgoblin's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

a_violentfemme's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have a physical copy of this book but I'm so glad I listened to the audiobook. It was like listening to an extended episode of 'stand up for the classics' and I am a huge fan of the podcast. Haynes' writing is informative without be ng pretentious, is sometimes funny but always engaging and relevant. She is quickly becoming a "will always read" author for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and War