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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
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:
Yes
Okay, this was fine, but it definitely didn’t live up to any major hype for me, but Madeline miller’s prose is fantastic, which is why this gets 3 stars instead of 2.
Did Circe make ANY purely platonic friends? Except for maybe Penelope towards the end? The men in her story she either fucks, is related to, or turns to swine. Boring. And no female friendship, anywhere, again except maybe at the very tail end. Even more boring.
I’ve never really been a huge Greek mythology girly so you could argue I shouldn’t have even read it
Did Circe make ANY purely platonic friends? Except for maybe Penelope towards the end? The men in her story she either fucks, is related to, or turns to swine. Boring. And no female friendship, anywhere, again except maybe at the very tail end. Even more boring.
I’ve never really been a huge Greek mythology girly so you could argue I shouldn’t have even read it
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This one took me a while but I'm proud that I finished it. I did like the story, but I struggled to get into the cadence. My copy also had thin pages so it felt like I wasn't getting anywhere for a long time.
adventurous
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written. The author has captured the voice of a goddess who is thousands of years old and yet still has so much to learn. Like in life, the realization of the pain of patriarchy comes slowly and then all at once (for both the character and the reader).
The narrator is a perfect fit for this book - she sounds timeless, and paired with the text of the book, you can hear the voice of a goddess describing events that are emotionally close, but have the distance of thousands of years.
The narrator is a perfect fit for this book - she sounds timeless, and paired with the text of the book, you can hear the voice of a goddess describing events that are emotionally close, but have the distance of thousands of years.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, War
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No