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Circe by Madeline Miller

29 reviews

sajjaadsahodeea's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

thatbookishworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

So, this is where Percy Jackson kids end up? I can’t say it’s that bad.
 This book is a 5/5 stars for me, probably because I don’t want to find fault in it. The storytelling was beautiful, and Madeline Miller managed to make her characters so messed up, but still so whole. (Also that endinggggg)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, War, Torture, and Pedophilia

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I'm honestly at a loss for words. I have so many nixed feelings about the ending. It took me a while to finish the book. The writing is so easy to visualize. I'd give anything to see this turned into a movie. Amazing work, truly a wonder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Medical content, Abandonment, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, and War

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, War, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

poubelleboi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and War

landers's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

I like this book however I don't think it lived up to the hype. I found that sometimes parts of the story were a bit unnecessary and lost but I really enjoyed the feminist undertones and the ending although it was a bit weird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

crystallis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

This book is like reading an epic and beautiful poem.

I really liked this book mainly because of my little obsession with Greek mythology.

Circe is a great character and even a better main character. What I really loved about her was her character development and how sometimes not everything in the story was moving around her (which is ironic considering that’s she is our main girl) and she could take more of a viewer position.

She has her long story taking place in an even longer and bigger story which h I find fascinating.

I felt like a child at Christmas every time a myth or a mythical creature made an appearance in the chapters. I was so excited that it’s embarrassing.

And all of these other characters were very well written and interesting. I despised every single one of her siblings so much that it almost hurt .

This author has a very beautiful way with words, she truly is talented and relatable (I have the same obsession with ancient Greek culture, so I hear you girl)

If there is something I didn’t liked about this book is how long and dense it can get at times. It took me longer that I usually takes me to finish a book.

I know I sound like a fangirl, but this topics are really enthusiastic to me.

Read you all later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Pregnancy, and Slavery

kiandrareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

Probably more of a 3.75 for me, but rounding up to four! I loved the first half of this book, but I found I really struggled getting through the last hundred or so pages. I don’t think this was the books fault though, I think I’d been reading so much in the lead up to it that I burned out a little on the tail end and just needed a break that I didn’t give myself. I thought this book was incredible though, it had great feminist themes and I loved Circe’s witchcraft. I think I would have benefited from a stronger grasp on Classical Greek mythology going into this, but Madeline Miller does do a really great job giving you what you need without bogging down the story with too much info. The ending really was great too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault