Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

179 reviews

jnobrien21's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Violence

leontyna's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

2.0

I'm pretty disappointed by the story. I felt like the author didn't add anything remotely original to the myth. It was a quick read but totally forgettable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy

catorureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

Ever since I've read Percy Jackson I've had a fascination with Greek mythology. I've also been loving retellings where they focus on the women's point of view. This one was written well and although I'm familiar with this myth it felt new in a lot of aspects. Some parts dragged a bit and normally I would rate it 4 stars. However, the story itself captivated and enchanted me and I just had a great time reading it. Sometimes a great experience is all you need to give it five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Misogyny

Moderate: War, Sexual content, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Slavery and Rape

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

lauramcc7's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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: Incest, Animal death, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Death, Infidelity, Gore, Animal cruelty, and War

kelburke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, War, Sexual violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death, Slavery, and Genocide

hodgeonlucy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

leahkarge's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Gore, Rape, Violence, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Grief, Sexual violence, Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

calandra_hudson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

emmerylynn's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I did enjoy parts and pieces to this book. The writing was stunning and there were parts of the book where I couldn’t put it down. The message came through clearly, that women are the playthings (and ultimate victims) of heroes and gods. 

The ending wasn’t as satisfying as I had hoped. This made me realize that most of Greek myth is just bad men being awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Blood, and Death