Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

La canzone di Achille by Madeline Miller

72 reviews

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, War, Genocide, Grief, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Trafficking

roosveld's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Murder, War, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Slavery, and Trafficking

soshereads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Abandonment, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, War, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

Flawless storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Sexual content, Gore, Colonisation, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Genocide and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Car accident, and Genocide

chancients's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, Grief, and Death

muukhom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Really really really beautifully written. Broke my heart. Reread this for the hundredth time and still cried. But I could see how others might find it slightly boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Minor: Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Torture

na_no'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Slavery, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Rape

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Legit cried so hard, that b!tch Helen didn’t deserve to be saved and the fact that they went through all that just for her. Had times where the characters annoyed me but like that means the books amazing if it can make me feel something like that cause I also had times where J would love them .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

u_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

I REALLY wanted to love this book but ultimately, it didn't work for me. Why:

• While I thought the love story between Achilles and Patroclus was sweet and felt authentic, the sexual way in which minors were described throughout the book really bothered me.
• I was really excited to see parts of ancient Greek and Roman cultures brought to life in this retelling but there was a shocking lack of historical detail in the settings and descriptions beyond general cultural customs and names.
• The pacing of the story felt really disjointed and painfully slow at times.
• I felt like I kept waiting for the plot to take off, but it didn't. Instead halfway through the book,
  the setting just changed to a years-long war that felt like a different, even more boring book.
• Although several characters are likable and ~feel~ like they're fully fleshed out, they aren't written with much character depth that goes beyond the surface level and a few traits. Additionally, character motivations felt like they were thrown out the window for certain plot elements to occur.
• The twists near the end of the book weren't believable to me.
• The female characters were written poorly and I found many of them to follow harmful cliches authors use to excuse abuse or explain away why they're written in a sexist way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Animal death, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SO SAD I AM NOT OKAY AND WILL NEVER RECOVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Ableism, Gaslighting, Gore, and War

Minor: Self harm