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Circe by Madeline Miller

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kaylaworld's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

5.0

This book is beautifully written, and takes place over centuries.
This follows the story of Circe, and he life as a classical Greek goddess. I Loved all the ties to classical Greek mythology, without a lot info dumping, or taking me out of the story.
It wasn’t too slow, and we really get to feel Circe’s emotions/loneliness throughout the book.
Wasn’t too sure about this book to begin with, as I haven’t heard a lot about it. It was definitely a beautiful surprise, and one of my favorites of the year!

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_ardis's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

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bayports's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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penny_l's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

There is a huge misconception that this book is “feminist”. While there is a single moment where I felt that feminism was relative to the plot, that isn’t what this book is about. If people paid more attention to what’s actually happening within the main characters head and her emotions, they would realize it’s more about loneliness and struggling with immortality while her loved ones are mortal. There’s even theme of betrayal. I feel that simply labeling this book as feminist makes it easy for people to miss the important and emotional notes happening in the background.

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gbeene's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I wanted to like this story more than I did, and I’ll probably forget most of the plot in a matter of weeks. I wish this story had more complete world-building. Although the novel centers Circe, the side characters were significantly more interesting. The book’s biggest accomplishment is that I now want to reread the Odyssey.

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letheii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

there was a quote i wanted to include in this review but i forgot to note it down!!!
this book summarises what it is like to be a woman in both fictional and real world

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