Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

10 reviews

crochet_dinosaur's review against another edition

reflective 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Suicide

echo7's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Suicide

frogcollecting's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, War, Violence, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Misogyny, Medical content, Slavery, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Rape, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, and Confinement

wirt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Animal death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content and Rape

sinceraly's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I thought the prose of the book was very well written and as a retelling of the Aeneid I suppose it did it's job, but I didn't pick this book up just to be a retelling of the Aeneid.

The book, for at least 50% of it's pages, just retells beat by beat it's specific part of the Aeneid. For a book named Lavinia I hoped it would have focused more on Lavinia herself - her thought patterns, her development, her feelings on things. And sometimes, especially towards the second half, it does. But so much of it revolves around the men in her life - her father, her husband, her son. I would have loved to learn more about Lavinia, what she wanted from herself, her life. 

I think, despite the prose being wonderful, this book's shortcoming comes from promising a story it doesn't really tell, and that's a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, War, Suicide, Misogyny, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

sofipitch's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I hoped I would like this more but ultimately I'm not a big fan of the Aeneid especially the war with Turnus so I found this book pretty boring. But also for a book that is supposed to be about Lavinia it spends maybe 1/3-1/2  having Lavinia recount events she heard second hand. It feels lazy and like it betrays the purpose of the book. I feel like this would have been better as a short story of just Lavinia's conversations with Vergil

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage

ashhearddwrites's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, War, Animal death, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

anne_shouseofdreams's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Incest

Minor: Death of parent and Suicide

lorechka's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Violence and War

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Misogyny and Miscarriage

malloryfitz's review against another edition

reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual content, Miscarriage, and Grief