Reviews with content warning for Animal death - Circe

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hannahbaird2023's review

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Madeleine Miller has an incredible talent for narrative. Like Song of Achilles, this blew me away.

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shiyuplsloveme's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective 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

I enjoyed this a lot more compared to song of achilles. it's an interesting story with very well fleshed out character development which I felt was lacking in Miller's previous work

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bekieboo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

Fantastic retelling of Circe’s tale. I loved seeing her perspective and watching her mature and stumble through her early years. I felt how different it would be to be a god growing up in their world, but also how similar it is to growing up human. It’s a tale of powerful women, goddesses, and monsters - good and bad and the people and experiences in their life that shaped them. Beautifully written, this book made me nervous, disgusted, proud, and emotional. Circe’s journey out of naïveté and into a powerful witch made me hungry for more similar tales.

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k1booking's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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rhiannon814r's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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troubleintandem's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sabrina118's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

she lived up to the hype, Madeline Miller write a novel from Medusa’s perspective I beg of you 🙏

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crusoe's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I always love the feeling of when you see how a name or story you heard of long ago fits into the greek mythos.

Like all Miller books, it took me a while to get into and Circe did not hit me as hard as Song of Achilles did. (Which is mostly because the Illiad is one of my favourite parts of Greek mythology.) However, the nuance in which Circe evolves as a character and takes back control of her own story is brilliant. It was a great read.

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