kingcrookback's review
- 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
Spoiler
Ovid hates Ulysses so much, it's genuinely kind of hilarious.Graphic: Rape, Murder, Incest, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, War, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, and Drug use
strabbyfieldz's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Incest, Murder, Body horror, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal cruelty, Death, and Animal death
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Pedophilia and Alcohol
josefineisreading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, and Miscarriage
Minor: Cannibalism
counterfeitnickel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Slavery, War, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Genocide, Body horror, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Suicide
evieolive's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Incest, Grief, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Murder, Infidelity, War, and Violence
Minor: Suicide, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
bachihebi's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Incest, Rape, War, Violence, Transphobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Mental illness, Homophobia, Genocide, Drug use, Dementia, Colonisation, and Confinement
sofipitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
I was surprised how much easier it was to read this than The Illiad. I kind of group mythological texts together as having "old-fashioned" language but you sure can tell the difference between -750 b.c.e and 8 c.e. way of speaking.
Certain myths get a lot of time and detail and other ones you can certainly tell Ovid was phoning it in for that story. For example Theseus slaying the Minotaur he gives like no details for, basically glossing over it.
Some sections still carry a great emotional weight. Orpheus and Eurdice's retelling still brought tears to my eyes.
Surprisingly graphic gore and violence at certain points.
I think from the way Ovid tells the story of Acaeon he would get MeTooed if alive today.
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Body horror and Death
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Incest, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child death, and Confinement