Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

5 reviews

morbidgoogle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.5

One of my favourite books, reccomended to everyone I know!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Death, and Incest

Moderate: War, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Violence

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

lanid's review against another edition

reflective sad

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Rape

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional relaxing slow-paced

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

1.0

Ariadne does not live up to the hype. It’s not only slow paced, but it’s too slowly paced in my opinion. I found it very difficult to maintain my interest and the characters seemed undeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Theseus may be one of the most famous heroes of Greek mythology, but this retelling shows us Ariadne’s side of the story. 

Before reading Ariadne, I only knew of the titular character for her role in Theseus’ escape from the labyrinth. I was surprised by both the rest of Ariadne’s story and my ignorance of it; the twists and turns—especially Ariadne’s eventual marriage—make for a dramatic story.

The Olympians are usually so cruel and capricious, both so much more and so much less than human. So it was interesting to see Dionysus, the god of wine and madness, no less, acting so compassionately to human women. And, though I was not surprised, his betrayal and the violence he used in pursuit of more power was a disappointment.

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the vibe of the ending):

Not happy at all. Even though the ending is tragic, it feels inevitable, which tempers the sadness somewhat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence