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Circe by Madeline Miller

20 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Torture, and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and War

ha1yan's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Animal death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: War and Confinement

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide

Two instances of graphic birth involving C-sections/surgery; description of murder by hanging; mentions of dismemberment/mutilation

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: War, Torture, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, Sexual content, Ableism, Self harm, and Child death

lorriss's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Animal death, Body horror, War, Sexual assault, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Slavery, Physical abuse, Incest, Death, Torture, Rape, Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Confinement

sas_ram's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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It is beautifully written and that's what makes it stand out. First and foremost it's a greek mythology retelling of Circe. This is a rather niche story. The plotline is basically just her mythic life. Yes it's not all accurate based on greek mythology but what do you expect when you read a modern "retelling". There are other myths mixed in to fill the story and make it more interesting.
But it is actually quite interesting with how different she was treated, who she became etc. 
Some parts tend to drag on a bit especially those nothing really happens in. Those parts with a more straight forward plot tend to be cut short where as I would have loved to dive deeper into those scenes.

Now I have high hopes for The Song of Achilles knowing how beautiful her writing style is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual harassment, Torture, War, and Rape

chelseamdo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I was more than halfway through when I realized I should be reading this like a Greek tale and not like a novel. Things began to feel easier and I became more patient with the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, War, and Murder

janethevirgin46's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.75

When comparing this to Madeline Miller’s more famous novel, the Song of Achilles, I believe this book was not written as well. Not to say it was poorly written, but TSOA felt more delicately crafted. I love the story of Circe as well, Miller did a wonderful job of retelling it and adding her interpretations. If Circe was written at the same level The Song of Achilles was, it would probably be one of my favorite books. Circe was overall very enjoyable and was a great illustration of female rage. It was a beautiful read and I am glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexism, Animal death, Body horror, Rape, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

etalton's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

katie_hg's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

I feel like throughout the book it was too heavy on description like the author wanted to force the reader to envision her world the way she saw it and not let the reader see it how they please.Also the pace of the book was uncomfortably slow.With this said I do appreciate the beautiful writing throughout the book and will be quoting it continuously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Suicide

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Body shaming, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and War