Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

29 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

victoriarius's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Tense, pensive, a fascinating if melancholy study of being a woman in ancient Greek myth — and what happens to them because of the actions of men.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, Pregnancy, Blood, Incest, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Rape

mfaye97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book traumatized me, but it was so good. The pacing started slow, and just over halfway through, sped up so much I couldn't put the book down. That said, the fast-paced portion of the book was the hardest to emotionally grapple with after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, and Suicide

ibjilln's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Vomit, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, Suicide, War, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

franticfreya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body horror, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Rape

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, War, Child death, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

phantomgecko's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

Circe is my touchstone for mythological retellings, so I couldn't help but compare this novel to it. I was shocked to find this book was longer than Circe because it felt like less happened. One possible explanation is the splitting of the narrative between Ariadne and Phaedra. I just wasn't able to get to know either of them as well as I came to know Circe.

I enjoyed the feminist angle here, the emphasis on woman's suffering at the hands of the gods. Like, true. Men suffered too, but mostly it was their own fault?

This retelling felt softer. The buck wildness of Greek mythology was present but not as nitty gritty as in Circe. Importantly, I cried at the end because the theme of motherhood was strong, and I am but an emotional mother.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Abandonment

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism, Classism, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, and Body horror

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Body horror, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

dearheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Infidelity, and Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, and Vomit