Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

141 reviews

lizacorn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Feminist bliss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, and Gaslighting

jen_nic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

sappix's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

broccoli_j's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a must read feminist short story. Especially if you grew up with, or are currently living with an angry men in your house. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was short and maybe not so-sweet, but rather satisfying in how as Galatea

returns to her purest form, she takes with her the very man who refused to consider her anything more than his plaything. She found more agency in stone, than in life.

How absolutely devastating. 

I wish there were more of her story. I wish we knew what happened to Paphos. She was only ten and I fear for what she would have had to face alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body shaming and Abortion

vnfhcxksiw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Madeline Miller Never fails me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ifweweresorrows's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abortion

orchidlilly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

An interesting take on the Pygmalion myth, certainly one that I think a lot of women have mulled over before. It was short and to the point, well written but not all that groundbreaking, I think. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

brynnfai's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion