Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

18 reviews

nila's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've read quite a few of these kinds of books on Greek myths where a selected few heroes/gods/myths are presented, and the author writes about their different depictions in depth. This is the best one I've read so far. This is Haynes' field and you can tell she's brimming with information that she wants to share. The book is so engaging and I highly recommend it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, War, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cannibalism

purplepenning's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Brilliant! Fascinating and funny. If you have any interest in the Greek myths, the modern novelized retellings (Circle, Ariadne, A Thousand Ships), or the application of feminine perspectives to scholarship of any kind you won't want to miss this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

Thanks to Harper Perennial for the free advance copy of this book.

 - PANDORA'S JAR is for everyone who loves Greek mythology but wishes the women weren't protrayed only as objects or monsters.
- Even if you think you know it all in terms of myth, I'll bet Haynes digs out some alternate tellings and translations you haven't seen, giving everyone from Persephone to Clytemnestra new dimensions.
- Plus, this books is funny as heck. Haynes is dryly sarcastic, giving much needed levity to these tales of tragedy and woe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, War, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Incest

marianneiriss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Slavery, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cannibalism, Infertility, War, Abandonment, Ableism, and Adult/minor relationship

shazzea's review against another edition

informative

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest and Infidelity

It's greek mythology; sadly, sexual assault is almost guaranteed. It's not particularly graphic but it does show up a lot. The incest warning is for the Jocasta chapter (Jocasta's relationship with her son is what puts the 'Oedipus' in 'Oedipus Complex', though neither of them knew they were related at first).

444christina's review against another edition

funny informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Murder, Child death, Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Cannibalism, and Rape

oliverlang's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

wherethebooksgo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Suicide