Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
4 reviews
another_dahlia's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Sexism, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Racism, Slavery, War, Animal cruelty, and Classism
gringolet's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.5
An incredibly fascinating, well researched and thoughtful book; I would like to give it five stars but for the fact that, while I overall enjoyed the casual and witty tone, the narration sometimes went overboard to the detriment of the book. It felt at times like the book was apologizing for being itself, and felt the need to say "this information is boring, this topic is dull, here have a pop culture reference which will painfully age this otherwise excellent book". I found the information interesting, and I think a lot of people do, as evidenced by the success of the book, and I do wish it would have more faith in it's readers. That being said, I still wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone interested in the subject, especially for how it dealt with slavery in ancient Rome. I can easily see (and in fact, have read) lesser books which are unwilling or unable to fully acknowledge the unbearable and overwhelming ugliness of it, to the extent of revisionism and apologetics.
Moderate: Violence, Rape, Sexism, Death, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Colonisation, Slavery, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Murder, and War
allisonmeyette's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Animal death, and Classism
morgiah's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Graphic: Murder and Slavery
Moderate: Colonisation and Misogyny
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