Reviews tagging 'Death'

Metamorphosen by Ovid

15 reviews

jadmers's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

It's pretty clear that this was, in fact, a draft of Ovid's. It has some interesting points though, and I wouldn't say it WASN'T worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Suicide, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, War, Genocide, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

overdramaticsoprano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Misogyny, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

e_ramirez_ortega's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

It was quite a feat to start this in January and finally finish it this month before the year's end.  What a read! It didn't disappoint.  Some sections require caution for young readers or for sensitive readers.  I found this deep dive into mythology extraordinary and one I'll never forget.  It is a good title to include in my classical reading repertoire.  Now for the next read I can't quite tell. There are many to look forward to as part of the homeschool but to immerse myself as I did into this one will be hard to beat.

Why read the tales of ancient history in all its flawed, disturbing, and horrid detail? Because it explains what people believed then and how much an ancient civilization needed a redeemer to pull them out of its doomed state of existence. 

Solus Christus 
Sola fide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, War, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Incest, Infidelity, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

puntifexmaximus's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Suicide, and Rape

Read in Latin and English translation

sunflowerwork's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Incest, Grief, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

theskyisthelimit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative fast-paced

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

5.0

The writing is marvelous, and the way Ovid depicts emotions is incredibly enjoyable to read. Also, incredible work on the translator(s) part! The only thing I would recommend for anyone looking to read this book is to do a quick Google search on the major Roman gods (gods of Olympus) for some slight background knowledge. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Death, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence, Incest, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexism

ahhhhhkakamsjsksmsja's review against another edition

relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

kingcrookback's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

In terms of the sheer amount of story, there's a lot here. And because it's a panorama of Greek and Roman mythology, there are many, many content warnings potential readers should be aware of. I tried my best to cover them all. I read this with the intention of getting some background on the Ovid references Shakespeare makes in his plays, given his Renaissance humanist education. So, it was kind of a fun game for me, being able to recognize a few things. I was also very big into Greek mythology when I was younger, and it's very interesting to see it through a Roman lens.

Ovid hates Ulysses so much, it's genuinely kind of hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Incest, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, War, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Drug use

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

this shit slaps tbh, Ovid wrote the Aeneid in a more interesting way than Virgil even though it was summarised... my favourite story was probably the one about Hecuba, or Medea because who doesn't love a girlboss. nobody does storytelling like Ovid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal cruelty, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Pedophilia and Alcohol

josefineisreading's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

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

Took me a while to get through and some parts, particularly about war and war heroes bored me a little but was in general very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Cannibalism