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em_davies7019's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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: Death, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Blood
Minor: Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
house_of_hannah's review against another edition
3.0
It took forever for me to get through this book. I found myself really losing interest after the first 100 pages. It's actually quite easy to read, besides some of the names, but that's to be expected. However, I didn't find Stephen Fry's voice here to be very interesting. I mean, yeah, he's certainly telling us the myths, but it's just not the fresh take that I think most are looking for when it comes to retellings.
The actual book ends on page 333 (paperback version), with the last 100 pages being the Appendix, List of Characters, Picture Credits, Acknowledgements, and Index. So it's at least less of a beast to read than it first appears.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicide
marianneiriss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
maggieoc_x'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War
Moderate: Animal death and Blood
Minor: Child death and Rape
nahlaaly56's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Death of parent, and Murder
littlewishling's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death and Rape
abutler's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
bookiewithacookie's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death
Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment