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kelisabeth's review against another edition
- 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
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
cherie_may16's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, and Abandonment
khaandre's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War
Minor: Vomit
aishaa223's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Rape
lavenderzinnia's review
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content
mxmorganic's review against another edition
- 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
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
ladyames20203's review against another edition
- 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
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
itsmelaurenc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Rape
sherlene_06's review
- 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
This literary piece had such a 'Explain-To-Me-Like-I'm-5ive' sort of energy while it told the readers of the Gods; Titans and Olympians, the mortals and the demi-gods, their histories, and futures. Very easy to follow. Miller's writing style made the book even more delicious. The prose, the way Circe recounted the events of her life so poetically, and the quotes in the book were numerous, all beautifully strung together.
Circe's naiveté, innocence, trusting nature, anger, frustration, betrayals, disbelief, hopes, wishes, pains and realisations made her so relatable. While she endured the pangs of childbirth and the troubles of motherhood it only made me love her character more. Circe would do anything for her child Telegonus and that was such a powerful arch into her development.
The last few chapters wove such a masterpiece of an ending, with a certainty that we as readers would have to believe in rather than know for sure. Overall, another beautiful book by Madeline Miller.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Incest, Blood, Abandonment, and War