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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

56 reviews

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Very poetic at points and following the lives of Ariadne and her sister near enough from start to finish this encapsulates so many points of Greek mythology very well.  

For me the gaps inbetween locations that didn’t always connect the best and deaths of characters felt somewhat unfinished made it seem gappy but otherwise a really well written book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

alicia_m_andrews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelcox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

2.0

I'm sad to say that I didn't enjoy this book.  I love Greek mythology, so I was really looking forward to reading this, but unfortunately, I think this book is really boring.  There are some things that are interesting, but they don't save the overall story from being pretty dull.  There are also quite a few places in the book where the language and the way it's written is so flowery to the point where it feels forced and pretentious.  I really wanted to love this book, which makes it worse because I'm just left feeling disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

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: Suicide, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

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

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

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

louisa__may's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I absolutely loved this book! The beginning was a bit slow, but when the main events of the story began, I couldn’t put it down. I love how Jennifer Saint portrayed the emotions of the characters, it felt so real. The ending was perfect to close the story, I cried reading it. I would definitely recommend Ariadne, it was an amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, and Abandonment

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

adaora_ble's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Incest

chaitai00's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Rape, and Violence