Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

30 reviews

oliviamich's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism

ankan_tove's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

melanieripple's review against another edition

funny informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

cactusandtea's review against another edition

challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

steph_sw's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

insertscenehere's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

fairyollie's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

fantastic book - meticulously and devotedly well-researched, witty while still informative. written with so much obvious love and care. I learned a lot from this book and had a great time doing so! one interesting theme that I've noticed from this book is that to be a woman in Greek mythology (and, as so sweetly pointed out to us, mythology is a reflection of ourself) is to be punished or to punish - either one's mere existence as a woman is torture and traumatic, or it is intended to punish those (the men) around us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Grief, and War

thewillowwood's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I am happily working my way through Natalie Haynes’s entire catalogue of writing, this book coming almost (library hold time notwithstanding) immediately after my finishing the audiobook for “A Thousand Ships” which i adored. Her narration is wonderful as well as her writing, she is funny, witty, and tells the story of these women with respect and from all angles. I highly recommend giving this a read, or a listen!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've been in a bit of a nonfiction slump lately, but this book shot right through that. I had to turn the speed down a bit because the author has an accent and all those Greek names are 😵‍💫 but gosh is it a great read.

I really don't know much about Greek myths, I never got into them much as a kid, but I have been reading a lot of retellings of Greek myths as an adult and love them, so it was great learning some of the background about those amazing female characters who have gotten screwed over by so many other narratives. The chapter on Madea is possibly The best--it's incredibly intense and emotionally powerful. But I also love the chapters on Medusa, Pandora, and the Amazons.

The author also has a great voice and sense of humor which made this audiobook all the more enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Xenophobia

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