Reviews with content warning for War - Circe

I love Greek mythology. Idk if I’m vocal enough about that.

I’d been meaning to read this for over a year and I’m glad I finally got around to it. It’s such a beautiful and harrowing tale that follows Circe’s life but weaves in the stories of so many other gods and goddesses. I was deeply engrossed even if I was sad.

I will say it was long asffff. And when I hit the 80% mark I was tired, but I’m glad I kept going because I loved the ending.

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pjdotcom's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

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jessiereads98's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

Circe is truly an epic. I loved how Madeline Miller created an Odyssey-style story following a woman throughout major events in her life along with the mundane details of daily life at various points. Madeline Miller’s prose is so gorgeous that moments which would traditionally be considered dull feel more like a natural ebb in the story. Comparatively, the ending felt a bit abrupt. Things seemed to rush to a close, compared to the ebb and flow, and slowed pacing of the rest of the book. Overall, characterization is at times weak as the focus is more on overall themes and the more universal storytelling of Greek mythology. Circe is told through a highly introspective narrative. This, combined with the storytelling structure Miller employs, at times leads to side characters feeling flat.

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adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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meenaoz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

I cried

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passivewax's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

WOW! Blown away. Beautiful and dark and the best testimony I’ve seen to the worthwhile flaws of being human.

“I had walked the earth for a hundred generations, yet I was still a child to myself.”

Something else I want to add is that often I have trouble being able to envision scenery when reading, like following along with an author’s depictions is usually pointless for me and something I will read twice and then skip over because the description just doesn’t do it for me. Miller’s writing never once stumped me or had me reread, even in complex visual scenes. And also - it was so beautiful! The world she created and the imagery of nature and feelings was so extremely vivid. Was a nice change for sure.

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