Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Iliad by Homer

11 reviews

gilnean's review

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Genocide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest, Vomit, Gun violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Excrement

madisonbell_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

elunia16's review

adventurous challenging funny sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Misogyny

emmonsannae's review

adventurous challenging sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

There's not much to say about this that hasn’t already been said by someone smarter. I did enjoy seeing how this is the prototype for so many of our later stories in some form or another—war and battle, carrying the past, wrestling with fate and duty, being doomed by the narrative and fighting in spite of it. There is something uniquely enduring about these stories that has imprinted itself on our collective consciousness, in the way we instinctively recognize the heart of them even if we haven't read them before (which was a cool experience for me). I did love it. It wasn't an easy read, but I enjoyed reading it. I found Fagles' translation very readable and beautifully phrased.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Slavery

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Misogyny, War, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Slavery

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, War, Animal cruelty, Grief, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Incest, Excrement, Infidelity, and Rape

piapoyopi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Death, Grief, Slavery, Animal death, War, Gore, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement

bethybooevans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Death, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape