Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined by Stephen Fry

8 reviews

finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Rip Oedipus, you would have loved comedy central roasts and 23 & me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Incest, and War

Minor: Sexual content and Xenophobia

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

javafenn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Stephan Fry is a phenomenal story teller! His retellings of the Greek myths and how they influenced (or were just straight up taken and had names changed) other religions, primarily Christianity is truly fascinating. I enjoy his dramatizations of how conversations between heroes and gods occurred and I really loved how he expressed the absolute lack of logic his subject(s) had. This book expands on the first of the trilogy, Mythos. Heracles, Jason, Oedipus and more take center stage with Stephan Fry narrating his own book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

anka_not_anchor's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely loved this. Just as good as Mythos. Accessible mythology with no prentitiousness whatsoever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

aimeemarie's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Incest, Infertility, Rape, Blood, Excrement, and Murder

rzh's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

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

4.0

an endearing, deeply informative and riveting retelling of some of the best ancient greek myths. i loved the footnotes and the background information, and fry occasionally taking creative license with each story adds colour and dimensions to the stories that black-and-white recountings or translations do not. the genealogical sections were at times hard to follow but fry does make it about as clear as possible! really really enjoyed this. 4 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

bexh's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder