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Galatea by Madeline Miller

110 reviews

agnela's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm glad this was short. Not only does it not have to include filler pages and plot points, but it is more precise with the meaning.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

melissamalicious's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence and Forced institutionalization

reads2cope's review against another edition

5.0

A horror story. That is usually not my genre, but like Miller’s other work, this story completely gripped me. 
Though I know she wrote it before getting Long COVID, I couldn’t help but connect the rage and despair of Galatea begging the doctor to believe her with the millions having the same fight today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Body horror, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

rebekah_leigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion

dragonwriter's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Abortion, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence

andclay's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

Madeline Miller notes in the afterword that she's responding directly to Ovid's account of Pygmalion and Galatea from Metamorphoses and in 56 pages manages to write something so complete and completely devastating you'll think about it forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Misogyny

Minor: Body shaming

carlithian's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Suicide, and Sexual violence

intensej's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The audiobook was amazing. This short story was a lot darker than I expected. I thought that I was
familiar with the story of Pygmalion, but this book is making me realize that I have never thought about the story from Galatea's perspective. Madeline Miller's short story provides a more realistic version of Galatea's marriage to Pygmalian. Miller's writing in this short story was beautiful, and I thought the ending was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Death

spkme_44292's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Author's note at the end provided important information about the source of the story and the meaning of it. Don't miss it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Misogyny

savcampbell's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence