Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

37 reviews

hfleur's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death

Each event is not talked about in harrowing detail but definitely saddening/triggering in places.

mandkips's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Death

Minor: War

bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Death, War, and Murder

kers_tin's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Death, Child death, Murder, and Suicide

rbacon's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

Loved this! It goes into so much depth on commonly overlooked women in Greek mythology and just adds so much context and background to their characters. Women have always been in the centre of stories, but we seem to have forgotten it and written them out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Murder, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Incest, and Death

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Kidnapping

scarlettoliver's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Murder, and Death

Minor: War, Kidnapping, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Incest

kkalicky94's review

adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Slavery, Suicide, War, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

northernlitreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Just brilliant. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book like this - essentially an extended research paper. It was so interesting. I studied Classics a little in school but only some books of the Iliad or the Aeneid. This book was so informative but it was captivating and the authors voice really shone through - occasionally adding witty or even shocking remarks. Fell in love with the author and Greek mythology all over again. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

bryelle's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Haynes looks at Greek myths through a feministic lens. She is dissecting why we tell stories of woman and make them the villains/victims/monsters. She goes in depth looking at the different ways these myths are told and even inspirations that have had in modern art. I love this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship