A review by nebubabe
Paradise Lost by John Milton

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

really made me reflect on how much the abrahamic religions wrote the book on misogyny. in book x adam says, "O why did God,.... not fill the world at once With men as angels without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind? this mischief had not then befall'n And more that shall befall, innumerable Disturbances on earth through female snares..." like dude, lying was just invented, she had no idea it was even a thing. hell, even the angels were deceived before god pointed it out! eve was set up i swear.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

the character sin has a really awful hand. she gets impregnated by her father (virgin style) and then she tells how every son she births comes out fully grown and rapes her again and the cycle begins anew. i get that its a metaphor but good lord was it really hard to read and think about.