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prynne31's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death and War
Minor: Animal death and Miscarriage
lanid's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Minor: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War
crochet_dinosaur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Suicide
echo7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide and Grief
frogcollecting's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy
wirt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Suicide
Minor: Rape and Sexual content
sinceraly's review
- 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? Yes
3.0
The book, for at least 50% of it's pages, just retells beat by beat it's specific part of the Aeneid. For a book named Lavinia I hoped it would have focused more on Lavinia herself - her thought patterns, her development, her feelings on things. And sometimes, especially towards the second half, it does. But so much of it revolves around the men in her life - her father, her husband, her son. I would have loved to learn more about Lavinia, what she wanted from herself, her life.
I think, despite the prose being wonderful, this book's shortcoming comes from promising a story it doesn't really tell, and that's a shame.
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
sofipitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Death, Suicide, and War
Minor: Miscarriage
ashhearddwrites's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Child abuse
anne_shouseofdreams's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: War
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Violence
Minor: Suicide and Death of parent