Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Circe by Madeline Miller

86 reviews

hannahbaird2023's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

k1booking's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Incest

sami_not_sammi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

aleyajo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Miller does an excellent job at humanizing Circe and giving characters believable personalities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

atreegrowsinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

I love Millers writing. Probably still liked A Song of Achilles just slightly more than Circe, but this was still really good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and War

hyuneybear's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

willoughby's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

memtah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense

• 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

okay this was really good. didn’t really get it at first but by halfway i couldn’t put it down, also the scene where

she confronts helios

!! oh my god spectacular 
and the writing was so beautiful that i kept rewinding to listen to it again just bc it was pretty haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Torture

mxmorganic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

An incredibly smart flip of Greek myth as it’s survived from antiquity, and of the Odyssey especially, rendered in Miller’s endlessly varied, rich prose, this novel surprised me in just how much it delighted me. Absolutely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Slavery, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: War

lindyloureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy