Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Galatea by Madeline Miller

154 reviews

tahsintries's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault

crowcrow's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Yes.

Madeline at it again with her gut wrenching stories😔 I couldn't put this one down, I was glued to it. It was dark, morbid, and I'm realizing that's my type of shit despite what I believed. It's a little bit more raw than her previous works, so that was jarring at first.

My copy had a little note from Madeline, which just made me love her and this work more.

I still cannot stop thinking about this book help me

I absolutely adored the ending! It reminded me of those dark fairytales (Little Mermaid esque). I think it's a perfect conclusion, and absolutely metal as hell, which is the shit I love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual violence, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia and Child abuse

lola218_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Sexual violence, Confinement, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting and Abortion

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

rupanjali's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abortion

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

petrel's review against another edition

dark tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Pedophilia

hazeyjane_2's review against another edition

inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Powerful story about a stone maiden brought to life by a man. I was unfamiliar with the original story, but so many scenes here struck home: the role playing of Galatea waking from stone, her husband being unnamed here just as she is in the original, the the sexual assault and the desire for Galatea to lie unmoving and be convalescent, the duty a creator owes to his creation, the idea that something once created is yours forever, the idea that a woman is a literal object, the idea that a silent, subdued, still, woman is better except when she is demurely animated, as by blushing. Miller takes this a step up from the misogynistic original.

Jealousy is also brought up. I enjoyed hearing about Galatea and Paphos' adventures in the hills and their learning letters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

matmat's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

thank you Madeline Miller for your work c'était une très belle histoire pour donner une voix à Galatée et j'ai adoré le petit debrief à la fin je voudrais ça après toutes mes lectures

quand elle compare pygmalion à l'incel original alors que c'est une histoire qui a été célébré pour sa "romance" vraiment !!!!! Et je viens de réaliser mais le fait qu'il ne soit jamais nommé dans la nouvelle, comme Galatée n'étais jamais nommée dans le mythe d'Ovide!!!! Dinguerie

Je vais grave relire Circé et/ou le chant d'Achille bientôt 🙏🙏🙏

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pedophilia

como022's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

5.0

A quick little morsel! It goes by so quickly that I feel you need to read it twice to take it in. Once to get to the end and a second time to get beneath the surface. 

The afterword is a really important part of the read, as the context helps. If I’d know how helpful it was I would have read it first. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

leahkarge's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship