Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

15 reviews

thewillowwood's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I am happily working my way through Natalie Haynes’s entire catalogue of writing, this book coming almost (library hold time notwithstanding) immediately after my finishing the audiobook for “A Thousand Ships” which i adored. Her narration is wonderful as well as her writing, she is funny, witty, and tells the story of these women with respect and from all angles. I highly recommend giving this a read, or a listen!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and War

morgue666's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

i started reading this on an early 10 hour coach between london and edinburgh and almost cried reading the jocasta chapter

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

lumidouce's review against another edition

funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

For some reason, I have never thought that the greek myths we know best, are in fact just one retelling and there are many others that could be more accurate, or at least portray a different view (that view obviously being from the women). This was such a good introduction to classical history, in a bite sized manner, and on characters that someone like me (semi decent ancient greek mythology knowledge) is familiar with. I really enjoyed seeing all the art and modern media retellings of famous myths, as well as the snarky comments from the author 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Very engaging, great narration, plus mention of buffy & Beyoncé 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

tashtasher's review

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

withlivjones's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

A really insightful and witty book about some of the most misunderstood women in Classical mythology. The level of detail in the analysis is insane and the amount of sources Haynes includes, from ancient writings to contemporary receptions, is so wide. And yet the tone is just about conversational enough for the book not to be preachy. I did find it a little dense in places and there were a few slightly unnecessary tangents, but overall I really enjoyed it and any book that describes Jason as “oily” is an automatic slay for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

sunday_evening's review against another edition

funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Overall I really liked this!!!!! I learned so much. Euripidies is my main bitch. There were sometimes I thought Haynes went on a tangent for a bit too long, especially in Phaedra’s chapter. I don’t feel like I learned as much about her as the others. But for the most part I found the tangents and anecdotes informative and interesting!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Incest

scarlettoliver's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Slavery, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and War

kkalicky94's review

adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War