Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint

34 reviews

stellahadz's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

4.0

As someone who grew up reading and hearing Greek mythology, Atalanta's story is one I admittedly wasn't very familiar with, so I was excited to get into this book. It started off a little slow, but once it gets going, it doesn't stop. The writing is detailed and vivid, which I loved. I wish the author had taken some time to flesh out the characters a bit more - one problem I have with Greek mythology is that the characters are sometimes portrayed in a caricature-ish way, and modern retellings have the opportunity to give them a little more complexity while also staying true to the characters based on the different readings we have access to today. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Animal death, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Murder

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, War, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Animal death

manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.75

There are so many Greek myths and gods and goddesses and heroes and they all blur together. Atalanta is an interesting story for a retelling and yet it irks me the way a story about a woman who don't need no man still ends up being about the men she crosses paths with. Also, very weird pet peeve, but she left on a basically 9 month adventure on a boat with ONE outfit and no one ever discussed bathing or laundry and it's those practicalities that make it make sense even if the rest of it is magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Animal death

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Violence

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Abandonment, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide and Rape

tink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I didn't love this as much as I wanted. I enjoyed the first half of the store, the middle lost my attention and I found the characters become a bit annoying for me. I enjoyed the end. I wanted to read more about Artemis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape

garnethalo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It a Greek myth about women in Greece. Expect tragedy. And divine punishment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, Rape, and Sexual assault

Greek mythology is tragic and not a happy ending.

xennial_reader's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

mrsandersonreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved this book. I raced through it. Luckily I don't know much about greek mythology, so the ending was a surprise. In some ways I wish it had ended differently, but overall I really loved this retelling of the ancient myth ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Pregnancy, Violence, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, and Infidelity