Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

71 reviews

jqkcy's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

this is the first book i read on my on volition, and now i fear I'm setting future reads to an unfair standard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Infidelity and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking

dennyiii's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

This was a predictably misogynistic and fetishizing read i’m the way only a book centering gay men written by straight women can be.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexism, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Homophobia, and Death

crocoduck's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

harrimyers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

second time reading. started at 4:30, just finished at 11pm. knackered but damn. it’s a beautiful book if i just. ignore the original source material. some great, Great lines tho and it’s a book that was very necessary to be written even if me and how some of the women’s plot lines in this don’t get on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Animal death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child death, and Xenophobia

kam_be's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Medical content, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Rape, Murder, Death, Child death, Animal death, War, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

lana72905's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Blood, Genocide, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Rape, Trafficking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Vomit

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Even knowing the story of Patroclus and Achilles in broad strokes, i was gripped by the incredible storytelling. The role of legacy and memory in the story was done exceptionally well. the roots of the story shone in a retelling with modern sensibilities intertwined with in. This work is an incredible achievement in writing and adapting a story that for many exists only as a footnote in the large story of the trojan war. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Slavery, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment, Rape, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

kadearang's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Trafficking and Homophobia

i_am_tilde's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Violence, Rape, and War

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Trafficking, Torture, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death

froggybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

i cried. i loved it. the only reason of the docked .25 is bc i preferred pat barker’s depiction of brieses 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Slavery, Blood, Rape, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Trafficking, Medical content, and Sexual content