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Great Circle, by Maggie Shipstead

28 reviews

lols_cat's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Abandonment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cecilialau's review against another edition

3.5

Loads and loads happens especially in the beginning of this book. I defo recommend reading it at a time where you can “handle”/grasp a lot of characters and plot; it’s not a light read. It’s a good story, it’s heavy at times, it’s well-crafted and I enjoyed Jamie’s storyline the most tbh. My big book fear came out though as I thought it dragged a little here and there but I also had high expectations for it which is unfair tbf 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, War, Abandonment, Abortion, Death, and Incest

toothpastefairy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Screaming, crying, and throwing-up throughout. 

Marian is someone who you desperately want to hug and throttle at the same time. Devastating and heartwarming, the novel's end is poignantly built in a way you could not predict from the start. Each character is crafted with care and depth, their lives reach across the pages to brush each other and arrest the reader's heart. 

Overall, brutal and tender.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Violence, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Rape, War, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Death, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Gun violence

sinbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

A queer, bold novel that gripped me with its slow almost biographical nature

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

littlefish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, War, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, Child death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Homophobia

wordsofclover's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Addiction, and Death

afion's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, War, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Biphobia

kierstyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

this book is poetry in the sense of words strung together beatifically but also in the sense of the expanse of a single human life and what we choose to make of it. 

this book captivated me, although i did find some parts a little slow and boring during the war; and the parts i wanted to be dug into the most were often glossed over. for example, Marian flying around the world was only in the last 60 pages or so when i expected it to be half the book worth. i also wished we got to see more emotion from Marian so we can connect with her more. i would have loved to see a deeper romance between her and Caleb, although i know that is not the point of the book. i also wish that Marian and Hadley's connection was deeper than it was with more of a shock factor. we do go into some parts of Hadley's life that are unnecessary, like the mushroom trip for example — i hated reading through that.

i have a discovery pilot flight tomorrow :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, War, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion

sshabein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I honestly had not heard of this book, somehow, despite its many accolades and having only come out a year ago, but I picked it up to check off a box on Montana Book Company's reading challenge list. I am SO glad I did! Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead is the type of read where you think, "Oh, one more chapter..." and in a blink, you've read another 50+ pages.

Also, though that part of the story occurs during Prohibition, Shipstead writes about Montana correctly! The scenery feels real without being romanticized as something exotic. I think longterm MT residents can tell when our state is portrayed as an idea of a place rather than how it is, and this book doesn't fall into that trap. I can't speak to the other locations in the book (of which there are many), but I imagine they're fairly spot-on too.

There's so much feeling and subtext to the title itself, an expansiveness that really conveys the themes within. I won't say more, for risk of spoilers, but Marion's eventual globe-circling flight is just the scaffolding for so much more. I really, really recommend this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Homophobia

awaterswadesthrough's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Grief, and War