Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Odisseia by Homer

32 reviews

sofrosune's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

Epic story with slaves, deception, sadness, slaves, rage, murder, slave killing, revenge, joy. Also, Odysseus cheats on her wife Penelope and no one gives a damn. And Penelope does the opposite.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Slavery

miguelito_juanito's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Cannibalism, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Incest

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual violence and War

therealslimkatie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Incest

pythonesque's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

 Almost all of the characters in this book are extremely hard to love, but I read it because of Emily Wilson's wonderful translation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking

Minor: War

catherineallsop's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and War

zbrebis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My notes for Homer is; Maybe workshop this? Odysseus is an unlikable character who failed at every turn, loss 600 men and came back home as a hero after slauthering his wife's orbiters and his "unfaithful" slaves. Athena, find yourself a better hero girl.
Its worth reading if you're into classical studies and ancient Greece, but if someone told you that "every man NEEDS to read Odysseus" I'd just say, skip it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and Murder

This whole book is about the use of violence against wit and 500+ people die so there's a lot of death.

athenian_frog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

There are graphic deaths of several characters. A group of women are hung and it is described in the epic with a few disturbing lines. There is a lot of violence in general.

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, War, and Classism

iladevlin28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape and Sexism