Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Odyssey by Homer

8 reviews

therealslimkatie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Incest

pythonesque's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

 Almost all of the characters in this book are extremely hard to love, but I read it because of Emily Wilson's wonderful translation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Xenophobia, Bullying, Sexism, and Slavery

Moderate: Trafficking and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War

bitter_critter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

Emily Wilson made a story I've tried and failed to read again and again genuinely enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

still thinking about odysseus' 'heh nothing personnel kid moment' where he dodges that cow hoof and gives a sardonic little grin. dude really thinks he's an anime protag.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and War

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Animal death

gabriella_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

the fact of the matter is this could’ve been avoided 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, War, Blood, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

mxpringle's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

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

2.5

I found this interesting to analyze because of the ways that rhetoric is used to have a more powerful analysis of what it means to share stories through poetry. I appreciated having read this because it's a classic that is referenced so often in other works. However, it is relatively boring and dense for the things that happen within the poem, and the characters are incredibly unlikeable. If you're interested in Greek mythology for the plot, this may not be what you're interested in, but it can be more enjoyable in more of an academic setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Animal death, Classism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Murder

madmilliner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Its a good story, but, there are SO MANY REPETITIVE WORDS (yes, I know it's an "Epic poem") but, good grief! It's a plethora  of redundancy, for a story that I personally would have enjoyed; in a more stripped down, less poetic telling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War