Reviews tagging 'Death'

Medusa by Rosie Hewlett

12 reviews

animebloodqueen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

folded_between_pages_of_books's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-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: Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

nickdw's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

micaelacccc's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The premise of a retelling of Medusa’s story from her perspective is one that I can appreciate but the execution of it in this book was hard to get into. The writing style made reading feel like a chore even when the story itself was interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bethhreads's review

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Rape

nlghtshade's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, and Pregnancy

chloebethx_'s review

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• 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

Honestly this novel deserves so much more attention and praise!! Rosie Hewlett is definitely being added to my favourite authors! I did not know much about this novel before starting it, other than the obvious associations the name ‘Medusa’ has, but it really blew me away with how amazing it is! 
Even in such a short novel you really feel like you have seen an entire life unfold, each page seems to just contain a perfect amount of knowledge and each character is so well-developed given the length of the novel!
For those who are already on the mythology retelling bandwagon Medusa is the book for you, but even for anyone who is new to the whole concept the story is so accessible and fun, and each plot so well explained, that anyone and everyone could love this book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jamieleepilk's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment

crazyasahare1's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

This is such a inspiring yet sad retelling. To see a victim be made into this monster. Then have her story twisted in time is just heartbreaking. This is a story for standing up and finding your voice. And its a really great retelling. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Rape