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emoryjoy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I would like to give the caveat that I was listening to this as an audiobook and had it at double speed by the end. This quite nearly was a DNF.
I'm not sure if the story took liberties with the myth or was just much more in depth than I knew about. Either way, it absolutely nailed the Greek Tragedy vibe and was gruesome in that very specific way that myths often are.
I'm not sure if the story took liberties with the myth or was just much more in depth than I knew about. Either way, it absolutely nailed the Greek Tragedy vibe and was gruesome in that very specific way that myths often are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
mxbluet18's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Trigger warnings for Ariadne include:
alcohol, animal death; assault, attempted murder; bestiality, blood and
bones; child death, childbirth, cults, death, gore, miscarriage (past); pregnancy, r🅰️pe, sexism, starvation,
su1cide and war.
☆
☆
This book was slow, but very detailed and I quite enjoyed reading it, even if it took me the best part of 2 weeks to finish.
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It followed the story of Ariadne (probably not a huge surprise there). It follows her from childhood, detailing the events of her young life on Crete as a princess, to her and Phaedra meeting Theseus, and then Dionysus.
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As with any story you'd find in Greek mythology, it is riddled with deaths, rape, sexism and misogyny and a whole lot of war and general violence, as that was the way of many of the society's in history.
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While I can enjoy the stories, I also take it with a pinch of salt because it's a work of fiction, and there are a lot of actions and events that were wrong and unacceptable with the standards of today's society.
alcohol, animal death; assault, attempted murder; bestiality, blood and
bones; child death, childbirth, cults, death, gore, miscarriage (past); pregnancy, r🅰️pe, sexism, starvation,
su1cide and war.
☆
☆
This book was slow, but very detailed and I quite enjoyed reading it, even if it took me the best part of 2 weeks to finish.
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It followed the story of Ariadne (probably not a huge surprise there). It follows her from childhood, detailing the events of her young life on Crete as a princess, to her and Phaedra meeting Theseus, and then Dionysus.
~
As with any story you'd find in Greek mythology, it is riddled with deaths, rape, sexism and misogyny and a whole lot of war and general violence, as that was the way of many of the society's in history.
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While I can enjoy the stories, I also take it with a pinch of salt because it's a work of fiction, and there are a lot of actions and events that were wrong and unacceptable with the standards of today's society.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War