Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Medea by Rosie Hewlett

7 reviews

sarahkouk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hollydollyiow's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

I love a Greek myth retelling, especially those that put women at the centre and Medea is now one of my favourites, up there with Circe. It was magical, complicated and messy.
The way I was on her side, even until the end (and like many greek myths the end was DARK) show how gorgeously this character was portrayed. 
The only thing I might change is this easily could have been two books. This book covers Medea and Jason’s story (I wouldn’t recommend reading this book if you know the story and don’t want to hate Jason) and then there are hints of what she does next in the last chapter, but honestly I’d have loved to have read another book covering how she got there! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism and Slavery

xeniemi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Pregnancy

annakh16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

This was easy to get through, but the impact fell a bit short.

I don’t know how to explain it other than say I was hoping Medea‘s villainy/villain arc to be stronger? My guess is it’s to do with the writing. It was interesting to see Medea‘s thought process. But it’s always tricky to mix “modern interpretation“ with ancient myth, and unfortunately a lot of messaging felt quite on the nose or more telling than showing. I liked the chapter from Chalciope‘s pov at the end because we got to see Medea from someone else‘s perspective and just quite how terrifying she was. I‘d just thought it would be more of a punch in the gut throughout. 

So overall, I enjoyed this, but I was kind of hoping for more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Slavery, Dementia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

please just spell "okay" not "OK" it ruins the vibe🥴

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alite428's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War