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Great Circle, by Maggie Shipstead

38 reviews

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

sarahbuckley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

i forgot how much i love stories that span decades until I read this. Marian is SUCH a good main character, and her life story is so so so good. On the other hand, I know the Hadley story existed because we needed someone in the present-day to "discover" Marian's story, but I had literally no interest in her life. I was glad as the book went on that there were fewer present-day chapters, but at the same time it made me feel like...what was the point in spending so much time talking about Hadley's romantic life and the chaos she was involved in? It kind of felt like the author also got more into the Marian story as she kept writing and then forgot about Hadley. I can't complain too much because of how much better the Marian story was anyways, but at the end I was like wait...why did we get all that exposition about Hadley's love life? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Homophobia

maryclaire92's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Reading this started as a marathon, but finished in a sprint! I enjoyed learning every little tidbit I could from every scrap of text about Marion. The switches in POV and time kept the story fresh and added to the momentum for me. I found myself the least interested in the modern actress Hadley who is portraying Marion in a film, but loved the way that she was tied in more meaningfully towards the end and couldn’t put the book down for the last 150 pages or so. 

If I’m being honest, it dragged at times for me, but that can also be attributed to me reading it towards the end of this semester of grad school. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny

sophiegs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Abortion and Grief

swaanderer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Abortion, Rape, Homophobia, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexism

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

jaterry30's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape and Homophobia

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

kimberlyallen011's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, War, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, and Racism

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Biphobia, Violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Animal death