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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

17 reviews

quinn22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Child death, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Grief, Torture, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Abandonment, Rape, War, Incest, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Violence, and Animal cruelty

acasiamae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Violence, and War

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, and Rape

whatjasread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

• this had a rough start, but picked up around 1/4 through
• i liked ariadne, although i felt like i liked her mostly because of how everybody interacted with her rather than because of her as a person
• phaedra was very interesting to follow too
• very morally grey characters -- you root for them because they deserve better but then they do awful things and you can't justify your support
• i enjoy learning the in depth versions of greek mythology, especially because we only ever learn the basics where the women were the problem, or where theseus was a great hero
• overall, it was a decent story but i felt detached from it quite a lot of the time

TWs: blood, child neglect, child abuse, death of animal, animal cruelty, lying about rape, gore, pregnancy, miscarriage, post-natal depression, rape, child death, emotional abuse, incest, sexism, body horror, abandonment, suicide (hanging)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Rape, Pregnancy, Incest, and Body horror

Minor: Miscarriage

alex3099's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I personally don't like how it strayed from the mythology. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Miscarriage

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This ended up being quite a bit different than I was expecting ! I adore Greek myths, but I was unfamiliar with Ariadne's, so I didn't know ahead of time how things were going to play out. I really thought the Minotaur was going to be a bigger part of the story, but it's only about the first quarter of the book, and is essentially the setup for the rest of the book. 

In the end we follow Ariadne's and Phaedra's entire lives, and we even switch to Phaedra's point-of-view for a few chapters here and there. The dynamic between the sisters is intriguing, and as this is based on a Greek myth, it is tragic as well. 

One of the main themes of this book is how frequently women are punished for the deeds of men. Several other myths are brought up, such as Medusa. It's quit sad to read about, but I think is an important aspect to analyze. 

The sequence of events in this book really reminded me of Circe by Madeline Miller. However, I actually enjoyed this story more than Circe, as I felt there were less lulls in the plot. They are written in a similar manner though, so if you enjoyed Miller's books then I would definitely pick this one up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Incest

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Animal death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

chloerote's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Miscarriage