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Circe by Madeline Miller

78 reviews

micropunk's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

aneebunnee's review

dark emotional 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

4.25

A beautiful book retelling the story of a popular greek character from a female perspective. It was heartbreaking, but also powerful. The strength of the character and her perseverance amid the trials thrown at her and the loneliness she suffered from made her so incredibly likeable, despite her mistakes and flaws. The other characters were also fleshed out in a way that you usually don't see in other Greek mythology retellings, making them seem so... human. The prose was such that I could almost see the scenes playing out before my eyes, but it was never too descriptive or dry.
Highly recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Violence and War

cecibird's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Death, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

risaleel's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Rape, Gore, Blood, Classism, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, War, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

rionstorm's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I was expecting this book to be just okay, but I absolutely could not put it down. It's been a while since I started a book and found myself thinking about it the whole time I wasn't reading it.
It's a sad book, but also very magical, and surprisingly easy to read despite the almost constant tragedy. I was never into greek mythology as I found the stories densely woven and confusing, but this retelling felt like it pulled the perfect level of detail into the storytelling for me to enjoy.
Really loved this book - so glad I followed the recommendations I got to read it! :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual violence, Bullying, and War

Minor: Incest and Torture

liemannen's review

challenging dark tense 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

4.25

Madeline Miller is very talented at painting a scene. Her vivid imagery is one of my favorite parts of her works, but if you're sensitive to any descriptions of injury be wary. 

Circe is a fantastic character-driven narrative. It tackles a lot of heavy topics, it's main focus being the treatment of women in ancient greek mythos. The back cover of the book is very misleading - it would have you believe that Circe's story revolves around Odysseus. Thankfully, it does not. He is an important, but breif moment in her immortal life. The truly important things come before and after him.

Circe manages to convey those same gut-wrenchingly tragic moments that The Song of Achillies does, though I would say some of them hit even harder. Circe is a character caught up in tragedies and petty vengences, but what is most vital to her character is her willpower. Highly recommemd giving this a read if you liked Song of Achillies.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Infidelity, War, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body horror

cow_png's review

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

I was kinda hesitate to read this book as I thought it would be bit boring but I was so so wrong.. I love this book! I truly think this is Madeline Miller best book, I have read Song of Achilles and find this one a lot more entertaining  :)) I love Circe with my whole heart and she is such a incredible character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Child death, Rape, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death

ellski'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Incest

lizziaha's review against another edition

relaxing

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

Madeline Miller’s writing is beautiful as ever, but I do think this book suffered in lacking major conflict. Without much conflict, there wasn’t much plot to be had. Of course, that is the nature of trying to capture immortality. I do think that the way Miller writes gods is distinct and right on the nose. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, War, and Bullying

kaynic22's review

adventurous emotional informative relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Medical content, and War