Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Circe by Madeline Miller

276 reviews

caitlinemccann's review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Cannibalism

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

jzupp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Abandonment

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

kellyofcali's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

A sort of slow read, though a nice one, that takes you through a number of stories of Greek Mythology from a different perspective. I've always loved the Greek gods, so I enjoyed this, though it didn't GRAB me the way some books do. Appreciate a strong female center.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, and War

mbelle97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book was beautifully written, but brutally difficult to read. I'm glad I got through it, it was a fascinating story, but I'm left a bit emotionally exhausted 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: War

yasminao's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

letheii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

there was a quote i wanted to include in this review but i forgot to note it down!!! 
this book summarises what it is like to be a woman in both fictional and real world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror

inkwellimps's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Would have been a 5/5, but I didn't care for the ending. The lead character ends up

with the half-brother of her son. I know it's normal for gods, but reading it in a modern context is "ick" to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Abandonment