Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry

9 reviews

arifahmalik's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, War, Violence, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexual violence

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Another great installment in the epic mythology and history of Ancient Greece. I find it ever fascinating how much can be interpreted as fact and how much can be legend. The blend of it all and how closely interwined the people of the time lived with their gods is so interesting.

The story of Peleus and Thetis' wedding was perfectly accompanied by The Day I Fell into A Fairytale, which was reimaging Briar Rose/Sleeping beauty's story and I couldn't help but notice the themes of a women scorned from not being invited to a celebration.

This was such a great account of the rise and fall of Troy. There's was so much I hadn't ever gotten to the point of understanding before, by Fry takes us through all the players and events of this dramatic period of time.

I read this and listened, simultaneously and adored that combination.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Classism, Infertility, Torture, Cannibalism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, War, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Gore, Death of parent, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Child death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Vomit

megb64's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, and Kidnapping

em_davies7019's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Gore

marianneiriss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Grief, War, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

streetmuseums's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

2.5

quite a boring retelling. impressive, really, given the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

andreiaoh's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

4.0

will i ever get tired of trojan war retellings? no 😁

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

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

darshreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual violence

bcgalore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Slavery, Violence, and Sexual violence