Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Metamorphoses by Ovid

18 reviews

kingcrookback's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

In terms of the sheer amount of story, there's a lot here. And because it's a panorama of Greek and Roman mythology, there are many, many content warnings potential readers should be aware of. I tried my best to cover them all. I read this with the intention of getting some background on the Ovid references Shakespeare makes in his plays, given his Renaissance humanist education. So, it was kind of a fun game for me, being able to recognize a few things. I was also very big into Greek mythology when I was younger, and it's very interesting to see it through a Roman lens.

Ovid hates Ulysses so much, it's genuinely kind of hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

evieolive's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-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

4.5

More long poems please 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

13octopus's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Dementia, and Colonisation

aureliae's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Suicide, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Violence

m_shed's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

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

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