Reviews

Circe by Madeline Miller

booksbypilar's review

5.0

Beautiful character, beautifully written, beautifully plotted and beautifully delivered.

Simply beautiful.

luciawpr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-paced

5.0

chaniaclare's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

A slow burn that carries weight, the development of the characters over time is well paced, and the story unfolds beautifully 

bookmarked_by_kate's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture

lisceline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious slow-paced

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

danqie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

thisbookishcat's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I will say, given that Circe is often mentioned in stories but she is not necessarily often the focus, this was well-done in weaving those tales together into making the timeline more clear and more like it is her history and not just that she is a part of the history of others.

That said, I did find it kind of boring - the way it was written I didn't find that captivating, despite how interesting Greek mythology is. 

jesseam's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

oplu's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

may_0's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75