Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Circe by Madeline Miller

61 reviews

bekieboo's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body horror

Several scenes depicting child birth that are graphic and atypical.

nutellabright's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Animal death

Two cases of graphic descriptions of c-sections

kelisabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

erikagibson126's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Vomit

ladyames20203's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Incest, Self harm, and Medical content

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement, Incest, and War

anindistinctaccountant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Incest, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lilareads5678's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense 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

4.5

really liked the book. it’s greek mythology so you have to pay attention and focus. so it’s not just like a YA romance where you can just read the words. madeleine miller has such great talent for creating modern retellings. also the quotes in this book were so GOOD. if you like greek mythology i highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail