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Circe by Madeline Miller

55 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Referenced bestiality. Nonconsensual drugging.

luciejzql's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.0

J'avais beaucoup de curiosité à le lire car il semblait être plus encensé que Song of Achilles. 
La première partie m'a fasciné, et je me suis ennuyée à partir de l'arrivée d'Ulysse. Finalement c'est un peu une déception, car les "événements" mythologiques sont à peine effleurés. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement

luminifera's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved it. What a beautiful retelling of the myth. So many details!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

It's a heavy book. However, very much worth the read, and

it has a happy ending!

lchelle_bester's review against another edition

dark reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Cannibalism and War

blanketenjoyer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

laurajgx's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Lovely written. Circe is a great character and we move with her through her centuries of being immortal. She is a goddess but painted very humanlike, we read of her pain, anger, hopes, joy, shame and grieves. Her thriumps and mistakes. It's not plot driven but definitely just about her life and character development. It was a good read, wasn't boring, kept it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Rape, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm and War

bookswithian's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

cemeterygay's review against another edition

4.0

I thought it was a really interesting retelling of Circe throughout her life. I really enjoyed the emotional progress in the book and how it was paced. I also really enjoyed Madeline Miller's prose and I think it greatly helped the emotional journey of the book. While I do feel like most of the cast outside of Circe was flat, I do think it really helped solidify Circe's isolation and how much our perspective is impacted by hers. I also really liked what Madeline Miller did with Circe's character and how she handled the myths surrounding her. 

I also just adored both the set-up and ending of the book. I think I will probably be revisiting this sometime in the future

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Incest

CW: rape by coercion discussions, verbal abuse, forced marriage, nightmares, graphic childbirth (c-section), non-consensual drugging, corpses, death of a sibling, death of a child, death of a father, death of a husband, death of a friend, death from a fall and death by drowning, bestiality mention

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

agoerke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault