Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Circe by Madeline Miller

46 reviews

bbcparllament's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

i love this book as much as madeleine miller hates Thetis 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Rape

kimmag92's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t enjoy Circe as much as I enjoyed The Song of Achilles. I do think Miller explores themes relevant to women like aggression from men, expectations from others, and fighting against who you’re perceived to be all of which are extremely important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

madeline miller is my new favorite author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content and War

tigerlark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

I didn't think I'd like anything more than Song of Achilles, but this takes the cake! Madeline Miller's prose really shines, and her feminist interpretation of the story of Circe is both fascinating and surprisingly relatable. Simply a wonderful read from beginning to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content

buchstabenmaedchen's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Incest, and Emotional abuse

geraldinerowe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

Before reading this book I didn't know much about Circe beyond what I'd learnt from The Simpsons. We watch as the young Circe, fed up with abuse and shoddy treatment, grows into a powerful (but not all-powerful) witch. I was perhaps a little disappointed that she didn't go full Evil Willow though. She had her moments, of course, but they weren't dealt with in detail. Although the story dragged a bit in places, Madeline Miller really knows how to end a book. It's so emotionally charged that you'll be hugging your Kindle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, and Animal death

lajoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Toxic relationship, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Sexism

Minor: War

cannesi's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

2.75

I wasn't a fan of the writing style. I can understand that a lot of people reading this already know what is going to happen, but I found the future tense to be distracting from what was going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Misogyny

thereadinghammock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

I think if I had tried to read this book as a physical or e-book, I would have put it down after a few chapters. Circe's early life was harsh, demeaning, and lonely feeling constantly othered by her family for her powerlessness. Perdita Weeks made this story engaging, heartfelt, and empowering as Circe grew in her power. I was overall pretty unfamiliar with her mythos and was able to enjoy how her story fit in with so many other classic Greek myths that I did grow up hearing about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Abandonment, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Death

ardb's review against another edition

relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Such a delight from beginning to end. I was expecting a daunting read and found it was beautiful in its simplicity. Very well done.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: War

It's all very tastefully done and is rooted in Greek history/mythos