Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Iliad by Homer

37 reviews

friends2lovers's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

Minor: Rape and Slavery

_tabby_'s review against another edition

slow-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

5.0

What the fuck
I loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, War, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest and Slavery

bethybooevans's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Death, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

bubblegum_or_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Sexism

kibbles15's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

3.0

This book has been on my "books to read" list for a while. Thanks to a challenge from my library (and the recent popularity of The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller) I decided to move this book up on my list. Going in I had no idea what to expect. All I knew about the story is that there was a war on Troy due to a woman named Helen and that somehow Achilles was part of the story. Honestly, even going in with no expectations, I was very disappointed. None of the characters were likable and the story did not move forward at all. Pretty much the whole story was people fighting against each other for no other reasons than pride and/or vengeance. Which side was winning was entirely dependent on how the Gods, mainly Zeus were feeling that day. That being said, I listened to the audiobook version of this book and it is beautifully performed/read by Dan Stevens. I think that his reading is the only reason I made it through the whole book. (I am adding a star just for his reading). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Slavery, Sexual content, Sexism, and Cursing

meg_ser's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

overdramaticsoprano's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Slavery

tinnuben's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence and Slavery

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, and Child death

looney_moons's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

This took me so long to read because all that happens in the middle of it is they have battles. I liked book 1 through 8 and then book 18 through 24. Everything in between is the definition of filler.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexism

izpiz64's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Animal death, and Grief