Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

5 reviews

leweylibrary's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I've been in a bit of a nonfiction slump lately, but this book shot right through that. I had to turn the speed down a bit because the author has an accent and all those Greek names are 😵‍💫 but gosh is it a great read.

I really don't know much about Greek myths, I never got into them much as a kid, but I have been reading a lot of retellings of Greek myths as an adult and love them, so it was great learning some of the background about those amazing female characters who have gotten screwed over by so many other narratives. The chapter on Madea is possibly The best--it's incredibly intense and emotionally powerful. But I also love the chapters on Medusa, Pandora, and the Amazons.

The author also has a great voice and sense of humor which made this audiobook all the more enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Xenophobia

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Slavery, Death of parent, and Alcohol

rebeccajost's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective relaxing

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

Thanks to Harper Perennial for the free advance copy of this book.

 - PANDORA'S JAR is for everyone who loves Greek mythology but wishes the women weren't protrayed only as objects or monsters.
- Even if you think you know it all in terms of myth, I'll bet Haynes digs out some alternate tellings and translations you haven't seen, giving everyone from Persephone to Clytemnestra new dimensions.
- Plus, this books is funny as heck. Haynes is dryly sarcastic, giving much needed levity to these tales of tragedy and woe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War

olivianw's review against another edition

funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant! 
I feel as though anyone could enjoy this book, whether you know a little or a lot about greek mythology. 
It’s a smart and funny deep-dive that somehow manages to stay accessible without sacrificing quality of writing or content. I thoroughly enjoyed every chapter!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder