Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

127 reviews

acozykettleoffish's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Short and Bittersweet!
Really liked the ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

gisl's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? No

3.5

Very dark and pretty depressing. Institutionalized woman who has spent every single moment of her life since she came to life being sexually abused and objectified (some sort of irony there, where she’s more objectified when alive than when she was a statue, idk). She is also medically abused, physically abused, and kept locked up in a dark room away from her child, where she’s forced (by threat or by sedation) to lay in bed until her husband comes to rape her. It has a bittersweet ending, but overall was very very short and left far too many questions unanswered and the world as a whole felt vague and undefined. That might be the point, since the main character wasn’t allowed to explore and nobody spoke to her to explain things or just chat. Still, I hoped for something a bit more substantial; This almost felt like just trauma porn.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abortion

morbidgoogle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

An enjoyable retelling, nothing geound-breakingly new but a fun and relatable characterisation of Galatea (the statue)with a satisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Murder

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

Madeline Miller’s writing is so impeccable. I don’t know how you can read anything by her—even this short story—and not be amazed by her words. I knew nothing of the source material and I didn’t need to. A great little story about strong women and the inevitable downfall of awful men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

kaleekolai's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Excrement

Minor: Body shaming and Pregnancy

thestarlesscasea's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia

bearbutch's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Body shaming and Pedophilia

robatansky's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Rape

dmc3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved this. Very bittersweet ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

lots of forced intimacy

ugglana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abortion