Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ariadne, by Jennifer Saint

50 reviews

tashtasher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Torture, Animal death, Suicide, Rape, Drug use, Gore, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Classism, and Medical trauma

lizcastner's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Animal death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Body horror, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Child abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Infidelity, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

tjhusdan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Very poetic at points and following the lives of Ariadne and her sister near enough from start to finish this encapsulates so many points of Greek mythology very well.  

For me the gaps inbetween locations that didn’t always connect the best and deaths of characters felt somewhat unfinished made it seem gappy but otherwise a really well written book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Violence, War, and Pregnancy

dearheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Infidelity, and Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, and Vomit

avery_madison's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Child death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Animal death

maddiebusick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Incest

aliciamarvinetz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal cruelty, Grief, Animal death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Violence, Death, Sexism, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Blood, Child death, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Incest, and Physical abuse

rachel_c18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

2.0

I'm sad to say that I didn't enjoy this book.  I love Greek mythology, so I was really looking forward to reading this, but unfortunately, I think this book is really boring.  There are some things that are interesting, but they don't save the overall story from being pretty dull.  There are also quite a few places in the book where the language and the way it's written is so flowery to the point where it feels forced and pretentious.  I really wanted to love this book, which makes it worse because I'm just left feeling disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

little_lida's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Grief

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Confinement, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting