Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

4 reviews

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really did enjoy this book though. There seems to be a lot of confusion in some of the reviews that this book does not know what it is trying to accomplish, but I think the big themes are simple. 1) Men are capable of, and often commit, great terrors on the world and individuals whether they realize it or not. 2) Being near Greek Gods and their games is a dangerous idea. 

I am a fan of mythological retellings, so this hit the spot for me. This did not live up to Circe in my eyes, but I cannot fault it on not being my favorite book lol. It did have a similar vibe to Circe though in my opinion. If you like mythological retellings and/or stories of women trying to survive and thrive, I recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, Child death, Grief, and Suicide

zimmerlemon's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

That was fun! Would maybe be a little confusing if you're not familiar with some of the mythology already. Once Ariadne

was on Naxos

, from that point on I don't think I could've predicted what was going to happen from moment to moment lol. At first I was really upset

when Theseus left her and I was still into their connection but then over the course of the book I definitely went on the journey with them and was over it in no time lol.

The ending has me feeling all kinds of ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, and Blood

Minor: Rape

bimbo_andthe_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ariadne was super cool to read, mostly I wanted to read it because of the waterstones displays and the cover is super pretty. Also mythology books are fun. This was less fun and more, a good feminist retelling of a story that I aparently only know the first...quarter of? It is like a way to say, hey, there are great women behind 'great' men.

It was pretty slow at times but I did really enjoy it. Lots of self-reflection and story-telling but thats what you get with greek mythology.

dont expect it to not end like the mythology!

you will cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Animal death, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism

quinn22's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Child death, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Grief, Torture, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Abandonment, Rape, War, Incest, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, and Animal cruelty