Reviews with content warning for Sexual violence - Galatea

thank you Madeline Miller for your work c'était une très belle histoire pour donner une voix à Galatée et j'ai adoré le petit debrief à la fin je voudrais ça après toutes mes lectures

quand elle compare pygmalion à l'incel original alors que c'est une histoire qui a été célébré pour sa "romance" vraiment !!!!! Et je viens de réaliser mais le fait qu'il ne soit jamais nommé dans la nouvelle, comme Galatée n'étais jamais nommée dans le mythe d'Ovide!!!! Dinguerie

Je vais grave relire Circé et/ou le chant d'Achille bientôt 🙏🙏🙏

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

An absolutely haunting take on Galatea. Gorgeously violent and vindictive, taught with unease, and cathartically healing for survivors (potentially).

Speaking of: survivors of domestic violence, abuse, and/or sexual assault could have PTSD alarms set off. There were parts that deeply nauseated me, but the end is worth it.

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dark emotional inspiring sad slow-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? No

4.0

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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5.0

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emotional reflective sad tense 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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TW: Medical abuse, intimate partner abuse, rape, sexual abuse

This was gorgeous and devastating. One of the things I love about Miller’s work is how in grounding mythology in a pragmatic reality the subtext becomes text. The brutal reality of being a woman literally created by a man resonates deeply and reflects the harrowing reality of women’s relationships with men.

Ruth Wilson’s narration was (as always) beautifully nuanced, breathing life into Galatea.

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dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.0

I can usually find something good about any book. This is an exception. I picked it up to try and get me into greek mythology again, thinking a shorter story would be good for that. This felt like something from an old time dime novel. It also felt like it would be marked "#deep." I can't put my finger on it quite, but it had a weird sense of something I feel was self-righteousness. Why? Not sure and I don't know what specifically set it off. But it bothered me.

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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? No

3.75

Although it is brief and slightly one-dimenosional, it is a heartbreaking about narcissistic abuse and a feminist reimagining of the “Pygmalion” myth is always welcomed.

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