Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Circe by Madeline Miller

2613 reviews

abbylw's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

evelix's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

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I had sort of low expectations for this book, as I didn’t like The Song of Achilles and wasn’t able to connect to the writing, but my gods… this was beautiful. I just finished it and honestly I don’t even know what to say just read it. <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence

readwithriya's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-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

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I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy

framves's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

regvegreads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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a nice read for greek mythology lovers, i enjoyed falling in love with circe's character and seeing different stories from her perspective

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

1 instance of description of rape if that is a trigger warning for some

james1star's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

l_e_lavalle's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Beautiful writing with vivid descriptions! Would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War

n_t_sh_'s review against another edition

4.25

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

lorriss's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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