Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin

37 reviews

edevoe8891's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, War, Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Gaslighting, and Incest

yasmeensj's review

dark sad slow-paced

1.0

I see the attempt of this book to bring untold stories to the forefront but I doubt readers will need to listen to 32-some ways a woman can be violated in order to understand that female characters/people in Greek mythology (and beyond) were treated incredibly poorly. The language and writing style was eloquent but trigger warnings are needed for every page of this book. 

A gift best given to a misogynist perhaps. Didn’t hold much enlightenment for me personally as a feminist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

I respect the attempt of this book to bring untold stories to the forefront but I doubt readers will need to listen to 32 ways a woman can be molested in order to understand that female characters and people in Greek mythology were treated poorly. A gift best given to a misogynist perhaps. Didn’t hold much enlightenment for me personally as a feminist.

gingerale06's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

aandromeda's review

dark emotional

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

emilianadelauro's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Child death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Incest, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

juliabristow's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

To be honest if I had read the content warnings on this I probably wouldnt have picked it up, so read at your own discretion BUT, I did still think it was really good. Some of the stories I didn't really vibe with stylistically but I think the author did a fantastic job giving each character their own voice and making it feel like you're just listening to a friend tell a story. Overall glad to have read it and thought it was really well done even if I wouldn't pick it up again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence and Rape

taylorburmer's review

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

I didn’t like this book but I can see how others would ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

alymac42's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

laserdiscreader's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Incredible retelling of myths I knew well, recognized, and didn't know prior to reading. I loved the structuring of each narrator's story within the larger book which, per the author's note, was intentional and therefore I appreciated it even more. Because of who the narrators are, the majority are very tough to read, especially if the topics at hand are personally triggering. I'm rarely bothered by any questionable content and even I started squirming during a few of these retellings. But then a hard tale is followed up by a beautiful one and it just all flows so well. This was read during a time I'm only reading from the library, and I plan to add this to my personal collection soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity

hannahsonia's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape