Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

953 reviews

2busyreading's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Animal death, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content and Child death

reiverse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, War, Vomit, Sexual content, Torture, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Homophobia, and Hate crime

picaresquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, War, Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Emotional abuse

klepkelp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, War, Grief, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

cnvth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

I've always been invested in Greek myths so I really enjoyed this book and especially the take it has on the classics. You get an insight to queer love in the Greek myth realm so it's adventurous and really emotional for me at times. I connected to the main characters very well. I love the pacing and the writing style too, it captured my attention flawlessly as someone who has a hard time paying attention. I really recommend this if you're looking to hit a lot of boxes with this book it has everything I believe that makes it so intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Slavery, and Child death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

noraisasillybilly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

BEST BOOK IVE EVER READ- IVE READ IT 4 TIMES NOW AND ITS GOOD EVERY SINGLE TIME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Emotional abuse, War, Child abuse, Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, and Death

taylor_bb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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I think it takes a lot for a book to make me cry, and I thought that this wouldn’t… and of course I start balling in the last 10 pages. This was just beautifully written and scratched the itch of wanting a good Iliad interpretation (looking at you Troy). Never thought I would actually cry over characters from the Iliad and yet here I am. Just… ugh. I can see how this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but I love detailed books, deep emotions, and mythological retellings.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Murder, War, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy and Homophobia

riv_erb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Child death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, and Sexism

Minor: Rape and Abandonment

sglenewinkel's review against another edition

4.75

I loved this book. The way Miller writes Greek historical fiction is my favorite. The characters are deep and complex. The ending almost made me tear up.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

peregrinwho's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Legitimately forgot how the tale ended until the 3rd or 4th "Hector hasn't done anything to me" then got choked up.

Definitely swept some less savory aspects of Achilles and Patroclus under the rug, I'm assuming to make them more sympathetic to modern audiences, but otherwise amazing. Cried my eyes out a couple times. One of the great lover's tragedies; both burning bright until they find peace in the mingled ashes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, Death, and Blood

Minor: Slavery