Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Metamorphosen by Ovid

6 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

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

counterfeitnickel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Intense, evocative, and haunting. I’ll be returning to certain passages for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Slavery, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Genocide, Body horror, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, War, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexism, Self harm, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Infertility, Incest, Homophobia, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child death, and Confinement