Reviews tagging 'Death'

Heracles' Bow by Madeline Miller

3 reviews

gandalf_a's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dancingprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

As far as writing itself, Miller doesn't disappoint. But the story itself was directionless and lacked focus. Bit of a disappointment after her other works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? N/A

2.0

My thoughts:
I dont understand when the story is in the past, when it is in the present… there is no clear flashback and it’d confuzing. Also was Not clear which character was the focus at every moment. To sum up, weird stracture.

The writing is obviously stunning, i feel like im right there watching everything unfold.

The ending.

 I do not think that I would reccomend you to read this. Read Galatea instead. Or any other work of hers. I dont like this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, and Vomit