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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

28 reviews

little_lida's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Grief

dummehure's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book means a lot to me. Retelling ancient stories from the women's perspective is such a heartbreaking and important task and I am thankful for all the different authors that have made it they're quest to show the world how terribly mistreated women have been for centuries. 
As an afab person I feel and understand the struggles that Ariadne and Phaedra face to a certain extent and it makes this book a very painful and heartbreaking read. 
I felt like the pacing was a little slow at times but I had a really good time reading this and especially the ending solidified that feeling. 
Generally I book that I would recommend to any lovers of ancient greek mythology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

clarissajs's review against another edition

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Alcohol, Sexism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Animal death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, War, Rape, and Sexual assault

magic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

It took me 7 hours and 21 minutes to read this over the course of three days (I took a  break part way through). This book is much like Cerci in its content and presentation, but deals with a very different set of Greek myths, and follows a mortal perspective throughout. For me the tragedy shines more so based on the emotional pain of the characters rather than the actions they see or experience (although that is one of the major cause of their trauma). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Abandonment, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

ficteon's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Suicide

charliedezeeuw's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

peppermint_pink's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Men really ain’t shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, and Sexism

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? N/A

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Rape, Death, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, and Pregnancy

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

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? No

2.25

I feel like this was risky given the success that Madeline Miller has with the greek mythology retellings and I don't really think it paid off. There were some interesting ideas here, but I never really felt compelled to continue the story and I had a hard time caring about the characters all that much. The little connection Ariadne had with Perceus at the end felt a little out if left field since this was literally the first time they'd met.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, and Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and War