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Circe by Madeline Miller

51 reviews

blanketenjoyer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

laurajgx's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

Lovely written. Circe is a great character and we move with her through her centuries of being immortal. She is a goddess but painted very humanlike, we read of her pain, anger, hopes, joy, shame and grieves. Her thriumps and mistakes. It's not plot driven but definitely just about her life and character development. It was a good read, wasn't boring, kept it interesting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Bullying, and Animal death

Minor: Self harm and War

bookswithian's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Infidelity, War, Incest, Violence, Gore, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, and Rape

cemeterygay's review against another edition

4.0

I thought it was a really interesting retelling of Circe throughout her life. I really enjoyed the emotional progress in the book and how it was paced. I also really enjoyed Madeline Miller's prose and I think it greatly helped the emotional journey of the book. While I do feel like most of the cast outside of Circe was flat, I do think it really helped solidify Circe's isolation and how much our perspective is impacted by hers. I also really liked what Madeline Miller did with Circe's character and how she handled the myths surrounding her. 

I also just adored both the set-up and ending of the book. I think I will probably be revisiting this sometime in the future

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Blood, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Incest

CW: rape by coercion discussions, verbal abuse, forced marriage, nightmares, graphic childbirth (c-section), non-consensual drugging, corpses, death of a sibling, death of a child, death of a father, death of a husband, death of a friend, death from a fall and death by drowning, bestiality mention

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Death

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Suicide, War, and Death of parent

agoerke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, and Sexual assault

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Blood, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Torture, War, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

◦ Death = incl. father, husband, lover
◦ Mental illness = Depression
◦ Pregnancy = Child birth
◦ Sexual content = incl. zoophilia

isaaah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Rape, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, War, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Incest, and Cannibalism

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Grief

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

This book was full of beautiful prose and written in a way that is unusual and I have not seen before but enjoyed immensely!!!! 

I really enjoyed the retelling of a classic character from a different view point. It showed the horror and injustice of the original tale. Warning if you are interested in reading this book there are many content warnings and triggers that you should take the time to look into. It is not a lighthearted book and deals with some very heavy topics.
It also has a strong feminist voice.

It was a very interesting, enjoyable and much needed retelling but do not jump in without doing the research and making sure it is something you can read :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Rape