Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Circe by Madeline Miller

228 reviews

aneebunnee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

A beautiful book retelling the story of a popular greek character from a female perspective. It was heartbreaking, but also powerful. The strength of the character and her perseverance amid the trials thrown at her and the loneliness she suffered from made her so incredibly likeable, despite her mistakes and flaws. The other characters were also fleshed out in a way that you usually don't see in other Greek mythology retellings, making them seem so... human. The prose was such that I could almost see the scenes playing out before my eyes, but it was never too descriptive or dry.
Highly recommend reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Violence and War

agooding's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Infidelity, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Slavery

kirstemma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

thaisalvarenga's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Infidelity, and Death

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Rape, Gore, Blood, Classism, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, War, Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

soshereads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Animal death, Sexual violence, Grief, Confinement, Violence, Bullying, and Rape

Minor: Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Welcome to Αἰαία, see the pigs transform from humans. Welcome to Αἰαία, hope you like Circe you ain’t leaving. Caroline Polachek would love it here 4🏝️

I love how intricate names in Greek mythology are: Helios, Pasiphaë, Minos, Aeëtes & then there’s literally Jason!💀

NB Fuck, marry, kill: Odysseus, Achilles, Paris (in that order) 🏛️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

yananhai's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

wet_towlette's review against another edition

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

4.75

Circe is so real, I love her. I wish she was able to get some better revenge or something though. It was kind of lacking in the action sense. Not that I really minded it, it's just that this story is marketed as an epic and usually with epics there's a lot more action.

I'm happy she got her happy ending I just wish it wasn't with her son's brother 😭 that is so weird.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Animal death, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, and Sexism

Minor: War, Grief, and Child death

mxpringle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad 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

3.5

The first 90% of the book? Amazing. Immaculately written and enthralling. The last 10% of the book? What in the

stepmother/stepchild relationship

was that... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Death of parent