Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Mythology by Edith Hamilton

3 reviews

angelinalaramie's review against another edition

adventurous informative lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

2.25

My low rating is not a reflection of the book. It did exactly what it set out to do: condense the mythology of Ancient Greece. It is instead a reflection of the narrator who's voice had no emotion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gore

vivivi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative relaxing sad fast-paced

4.5

This was a fantastic read! It's especially fun to listen to. The narrator, Suzanne Toren, does an amazing job in bringing the stories to life. 

The stories themselves were laid out in a way that was easy to understand, though I think I could hear the parts that were quotes directly from the original translations. It sounded different, but the delivery of the story made it easy on the ears. Kind of like how watching a Shakespeare play helps you understand the content more than just reading the script from a book. 

Unfortunately, I zoned out of the last bit about the Norse mythology. I wasn't much interested in them after all the excitement of the Greek myths that took up 90% of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Slavery, and Suicide

Greek myths are dark, and some of the stories are a little horrifying, but the stories aren't long.

cemeterygay's review against another edition

informative relaxing medium-paced

3.0

Pretty cool collection of greek myths. This book has weird white supremacy vibes and also period typical misogyny and ableism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail