Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Women of Troy by Pat Barker

25 reviews

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Slavery, Sexual assault, Suicide, and War

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was fine but a rather dull conclusion to the story it told. Very little happened in the way of plot and much of the text was told through dialogue rather than anything else which got repetitive. It was ok but certainly not very high up on my list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Grief, Murder, War, Child death, Alcohol, Blood, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, and Rape

megb64's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Confinement, Genocide, Trafficking, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Rape

rosehw's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Gore, Grief, and Pregnancy

pobi's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I didn't ENJOY this book, but it was a really good book. It's just depressing to read about such sad things. I like this one better than the 1st book tho!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, and Child death

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, War, Grief, Excrement, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Vomit, and Slavery

glowan4'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, War, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, Suicide, Misogyny, Grief, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Rape and Torture

Minor: Genocide

alexiasophii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

Just like the previous book in this series,   please be careful of the content warnings, they are NOT a lie or minimized, this is a very heavy, graphic, and pain-ridden book. 

This one, differently from the first, is a lot slower. Just like the Greeks are stuck in Troy due to the weather, so we are stuck in a moment in time in the plot. The entire book focuses on a very short time spawn and it is very character-focused. The characters are amazingly done and I really enjoyed it, though not as much as the first one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, War, and Blood

remuslibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexism, Rape, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Body shaming and Suicide

jesticulate's review

challenging dark emotional sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Abortion, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, War, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism