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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

75 reviews

sylvestra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

yerulp's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Rape, Incest, and Sexual assault

bbivnca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

the beginning was super slow and i had a hard time getting into it, but the pacing eventually picked up. this is a “feminist” retelling of theseus & the minotaur in ariadne and phaedra’s perspectives, but there was nothing empowering at all. ariadne’s character was very flat, and she did not act on her strong feelings about women having to bear the consequences of men’s foolish actions until the final chapters. the author also did not go in depth on phaedra’s death, and it was kinda just thrown into the story. overall, this didn’t bring much to the table as it just felt like i was reading the original myth, just from a different perspective.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Misogyny, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was overall really good. It has beautiful writing and vulnerable characters. The retelling of the original story was very well done in my opinion. However, there were some issues I found. First, it was very slow paced and kinda hard to get into. I struggled to want to read this book everyday which prolonged the reading process. This was my main issue and the others were very small. Overall, the greek tragedies were absolutely heartbreaking which shows how phenomenal the writing is that I felt pain from the hardships. This is what really made the book for me. I would recommend this book 100%, just chug through the beginning lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Incest, Violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and War

alexiab's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

MAN why are Greek myths so GOD DAMN SAD. I’m getting played for a fool, expecting happy endings out of these stories 😔

Ariadne is a myth I knew only a little about, so this was an interesting and surprisingly fast paced read. I enjoyed the huge narrative differences between Ariadne and Phaedra, how distinct their voices were and how they changed through all their turmoil. It’s really cool to see the point of view of the women who have suffered at the hands of powerful men, and to see how they processed that suffering.

Also I never see a sexy version of Dionysus in any Greek retelling so shout out to that hot lil stud. He made some bad choices but he’s pretty so ya know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Rape

roxie_read_that's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy

booksandmo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Misogyny, Murder, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Abandonment, Grief, Gore, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Incest

linw21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

I was very annoyed with Ariadne but I found it really nice to see all the myths I know being woven together. It got very good over the second half, but the first half was just a bit boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, Grief, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Blood, Infidelity, Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence and Incest

bectothebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Slavery and Incest

lydj's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide, Rape, Incest, and War