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Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

29 reviews

alicia_m_andrews'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, Animal death, Grief, and Abandonment

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

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

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: Suicide, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

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

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

philipeos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book means a lot to me. Retelling ancient stories from the women's perspective is such a heartbreaking and important task and I am thankful for all the different authors that have made it they're quest to show the world how terribly mistreated women have been for centuries. 
As an afab person I feel and understand the struggles that Ariadne and Phaedra face to a certain extent and it makes this book a very painful and heartbreaking read. 
I felt like the pacing was a little slow at times but I had a really good time reading this and especially the ending solidified that feeling. 
Generally I book that I would recommend to any lovers of ancient greek mythology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

clarissajs's review

dark emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

magic's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

It took me 7 hours and 21 minutes to read this over the course of three days (I took a  break part way through). This book is much like Cerci in its content and presentation, but deals with a very different set of Greek myths, and follows a mortal perspective throughout. For me the tragedy shines more so based on the emotional pain of the characters rather than the actions they see or experience (although that is one of the major cause of their trauma). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ficteon's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

charliedezeeuw's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

peppermint_pink's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Men really ain’t shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

bitterseason's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail