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Circe by Madeline Miller

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geraldinerowe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

Before reading this book I didn't know much about Circe beyond what I'd learnt from The Simpsons. We watch as the young Circe, fed up with abuse and shoddy treatment, grows into a powerful (but not all-powerful) witch. I was perhaps a little disappointed that she didn't go full Evil Willow though. She had her moments, of course, but they weren't dealt with in detail. Although the story dragged a bit in places, Madeline Miller really knows how to end a book. It's so emotionally charged that you'll be hugging your Kindle.

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lajoy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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cannesi's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

2.75

I wasn't a fan of the writing style. I can understand that a lot of people reading this already know what is going to happen, but I found the future tense to be distracting from what was going on.

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thereadinghammock's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I think if I had tried to read this book as a physical or e-book, I would have put it down after a few chapters. Circe's early life was harsh, demeaning, and lonely feeling constantly othered by her family for her powerlessness. Perdita Weeks made this story engaging, heartfelt, and empowering as Circe grew in her power. I was overall pretty unfamiliar with her mythos and was able to enjoy how her story fit in with so many other classic Greek myths that I did grow up hearing about.

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ardb's review against another edition

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relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Such a delight from beginning to end. I was expecting a daunting read and found it was beautiful in its simplicity. Very well done.

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vannielou's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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kt2e56's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

This was such a beautiful piece of literature to read both in its language and how images were painted for us but in how it made such an epic scope of stories we’ve heard time and time again feel so personal and intimate. Ugh, I already want to read it again and I’m already wishing I can read it for the first time all over again. I hope this one remains a classic and as integral to Circe’s story as the original myths themselves.

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