Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

4 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, Child death, Death, War, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

annasbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Blood, and Sexism

grisgrisgris's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Cannibalism

mmatti300's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book honestly was a little disappointing. While I really enjoyed having klytemnestras perspective, the rest of the book felt very dry and exactly the same as every other Trojan war retelling. Maybe I feel this way simply because I have read quite a few, including the YA series Nobody’s Princess and Nobody’s prize that we’re similarly from Helens perspective. The writing style was also rather lackluster though there were a few stellar descriptions that fully encapsulated the vitriol and disgusting actions of the men. Since this is a debut, I can only hope that the strength of descriptions that Heywood showed glimmers of will be clearer in future books. A good book, interesting additions of Klytemnestra but overall more cookie cutter than I would have liked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence