Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Iliad by Homer

6 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

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

this shit was wild my head is so fried rn, I like that Homer included a talking horse for about two lines and then immediately retconned it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Body horror, Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, and Abandonment

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

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

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book has been on my "books to read" list for a while. Thanks to a challenge from my library (and the recent popularity of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller) I decided to move this book up on my list. Going in I had no idea what to expect. All I knew about the story is that there was a war on Troy due to a woman named Helen and that somehow Achilles was part of the story. Honestly, even going in with no expectations, I was very disappointed. None of the characters were likable and the story did not move forward at all. Pretty much the whole story was people fighting against each other for no other reasons than pride and/or vengeance. Which side was winning was entirely dependent on how the Gods, mainly Zeus were feeling that day. That being said, I listened to the audiobook version of this book and it is beautifully performed/read by Dan Stevens. I think that his reading is the only reason I made it through the whole book. (I am adding a star just for his reading). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Sexism, and Cursing

meg_ser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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