15.3k reviews for:

Ariadne

Jennifer Saint

3.77 AVERAGE

miabarranco's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hrivardlentz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pnnylayne's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

justinehazel's review

4.0

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''It was the women, always the women, be they helpless serving girls or princesses, who paid the price.''

cadencole's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous emotional 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: Yes

eleani's review against another edition

1.0

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This is not a book for Madeline Miller's fans. It is not a feminist retelling of the story. And it is not, by any means, a well-written book. It is blunt, boring, and it lacks in character depth and basic storytelling.

boah's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mbirdface's review against another edition

2.0

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A truly wild amount of this book is dialogue by people in a myth recounting other myths. 5 pages of Theseus telling a story about how Heracles did some rad stuff is… not my scene.

chelseayalater's review against another edition

4.0

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If you've read circe you'll really enjoy this, I found it slow to start but overall it was a good read!

loftarausa's review against another edition

2.75

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The title character is easily the least interesting character in the book. That's a serious problem for a supposedly feminist retelling, especially considering that Theseus is portrayed a two-dimensional manchild, yet still has more personality and development than Ariadne.