Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

STONE BLIND - Der Blick der Medusa: Roman by Natalie Haynes

71 reviews

campredwood's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75

This book probably deserves higher than I’m giving it- but I glazed over until 3/4ths of the way after all of the trigger warnings I ignored. Obviously we know that foundation of Medusas story but I wasn’t braced enough for it at the time. It cued my Shrodeingers Rapist  senses on so much the first half I couldn’t really focus for a lot longer than o proud of. 

The rest of my feedback is beating a dead horse with everyone else. It’s a misnomer to consider this work focused on Medusa, but not in a bad way.  There is a very wide cast of POV, and the story wanders around a lot of the adjacent lore, and the ruthless way she portrays Perseus and Athene ego wise is super satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

stephalogy's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

Refreshingly blunt prose, but it detracts from the story tension. Assumes familiarity with the source material. Have Wikipedia open as you read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, and Xenophobia

magistran's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Rape, Violence, and Death

joy_s's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, Misogyny, and Infidelity

Rape and assault content is frequent, but not overly explicit. Still, common throughout the book, and occurs with most character’s plots.

qeenb33's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

bee12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual violence

vaevin's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

_grace_c_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

If its Greek Mythology, I'm buying it. I've owned this boom for awhile and never got around to reading it so I opted for the audiobook. I will state that the narration was brilliant, but I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I physically read it. The book is very fast paced and so can be hard to fully give your attention to. I went into this book thinking it would be predominantly about Medusa and from her POV (and I wish this book did have more of that), but the multiple POV aspect was enjoyable. I'm left with the interpretation that the gods are 'petty from this telling, and that Medusa was just a brief victim of the pettiness. Overall I enjoyed the feminist aspect of this book and the multi layered telling of the story.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence and Sexual violence

taryn_ph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape

savshanae's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

I really loved this book! I loved the twist in the stories, and of course I came for Medusa, which did not disappoint. I would definitely recommend this book looking for a quick read about Greek mythology with a feminist twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery