Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

207 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Slavery, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

annasbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Medical content, Self harm, Vomit, and Violence

anniehayez's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

I came into this with really high expectations after reading stone blind but I was definitely disappointed. This felt more like a collection of short stories rather than an interconnected novel. I was bothered by the time jumping. I felt it was hard to discern and didn’t add much. I liked some of the characters but they weren’t as flesh out as those in stone blind. I would recommend this if you are a fanatic for Greek myth retelling but if you aren’t that into that you can skip this one. Read Circe instead (or even stone blind by the same author). I did like the narration of the audiobook and the stories were decent but I was let down. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Death, War, Grief, Child death, and Rape

beccasherman's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Child death, and Grief

alexiasophii's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is an interesting book on the Trojan War. I've read several retellings from the POV of the Trojan and Greek women, but this one was different. Each chapter focuses on one specific woman or deity. It also shows us the POV of the Muse which is invoked in the original epics. While I'm not usually a fan of the representation of deities in modern books, this one was... interesting. Probably because it's similar to how it was done in Ancient Times. 
The author was very careful to base her book on the actual classical text (which she names at the end of the book) and that was amazing, because I wasn't familiar with several facts and, when I looked them up, I was surprised to see they were always right! It's so refreshing. 
Overall it is a nice book, with a solid foundation, and that allows us a view into the Trojan War from the most neglected POV of all: Women. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Child death, Violence, Rape, and War

bbbarttt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Child death, War, and Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

rosapotentis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Grief, Murder, Child death, War, Death, Rape, Violence, and Suicide

alli_the_bookaholic13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Slavery, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

paigeforster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Slavery, War, Child death, Grief, and Misogyny

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Body shaming, and Alcohol