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Galatea by Madeline Miller

185 reviews

luminifera's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Ideally, Galatea would

not have died at the end

, but I'll take what I have hahah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

It's a very dark book. Galatea describes her sufferings with much detail.

sunkissed_aidie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

The story was unsettling and rough to read even if I read it in one sitting. It’s a very short story about a Roman myth that I hadn’t heard of before and the way Madeline Miller writes about it makes it feel so big and human like the rest of her books, it shows me why I’ve loved her other work so much even if this wasn’t my favorite (because of the creepiness and unsettling feeling)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

macbethish's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.25

maybe i’m not giving it enough credit since it’s a short story with a limited setting and characters and i’m expecting more, but i’ve read short stories that accomplished just as much with this  length and scope.

everything felt a bit too on the nose and modern. we see galatea being submissive and a victim of abuse without anything else (new?) attached to it. contemporary morals applied to ancient stories with little nuance.

[miranda priestley voice] husbands who cage and rape and mentally abuse their wives are evil, women should be free and independent themes in an ancient story released in the 21st century? groundbreaking.

i’ve seen / heard more nuance in a 5 minute taylor swift song, which considerably has less words.

madeline miller’s prose is very beautiful as always, and it’s partly why i’m willing to reread, apart from wanting to see if there’s anything else to this. i’m excited for her persephone book but after galatea (and seeing some remnants of what i disliked while reading circe despite liking it overall in retrospect),  i’m also a bit fearful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abortion

cassandra_burleson's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

kayteslibrary's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Misogyny and Abortion

pixie_dust's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I gew up with the original myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. But even I can't help but agree with the unromantic subtexts the myth has. This short story will make your skin crawl and your heart ache for Galatea. I fondly enjoy Miller's writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

bnelson13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Cute short story. The character of Galatea is interesting. It's not a Greek myth that I am familiar with, so it's nice to read a "new" (new to me) one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

laceylove's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Drug use

astropova's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Abortion

kou_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Abortion