Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

154 reviews

royalty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional relaxing slow-paced

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

1.0

Ariadne does not live up to the hype. It’s not only slow paced, but it’s too slowly paced in my opinion. I found it very difficult to maintain my interest and the characters seemed undeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

I was hoping this would give me similar feelings to Circe, as in fleshing out a character known little about. But in this case, it didn’t have the same emotional impact I was looking for and the main thesis of the story is simple and doesn’t stray from the myth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content

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

evieintheshire's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Pregnancy

lara_anne's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

carleesi's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I don’t know why I keep reading retelling of Greek myths and expecting a happy ending…

I was completely entranced. I liked the commentary on the sexism of the gods but I wish it was challenged more. Ariadne may not have wanted vengeance but I sure did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Misogyny

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

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

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

Minor: Incest

bougsy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, and Pregnancy