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Circe by Madeline Miller

224 reviews

ninasimone_vs's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Gore

Minor: War and Sexual content

jhbandcats's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful book about the need to be loved and the difference between loneliness and solitude, this story begins in Circe’s childhood and, as she’s immortal, ends after hundreds of generations.  We follow her from the halls of the gods to the island home she shares with wild animals when she’s exiled after angering Zeus. 

Circe makes a life for herself collecting herbs and plants for witchcraft and weaving on the unusual loom that was a gift from Daedalus. She has few encounters with humans and immortals, and her reputation as a fearsome witch grows. Any who challenge her spend the rest of their days in a sty looking at fellow pigs. 

The author is able to craft an interesting character study where there’s little interaction with other people. I was initially put off by the almost juvenile storytelling till I realized that, as she’d just been born, Circe was indeed quite juvenile. As she matured, so did the writing style and so did my appreciation of the talented author. I hope she continues to rewrite Greek myths. She expands on stories I learned in my youth and I want more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

zam_ahaana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

A great book for Greek myth fans, but really slow paced! It took me a while to get through this one, but a great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Blood, Rape, Torture, Sexual harassment, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

raccoon_anarchy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

micropunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Infidelity

enimiestolovers_13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Death, Gore, War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

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

cecibird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Death, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

momma_needs_to_read's review against another edition

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

4.0

This was such a good book. I absolutely love Madeline Miller’s writing. She is able to perfectly describe settings and characters to a point that I was really able to picture it in my head. This book made me want to live on a deserted island with the animals and my own little garden outside a cottage.

I love Greek mythology and I’ve been wanting to read this for so long and I’m glad that I finally did. The book starts with Circe’s younger days and continues on as she explores and finds her true self. Anyone familiar with Greek Mythology will recognize most of the characters and their stories. This is such a great retelling. However, there were a few parts that kind of crept by and felt less interesting than others. Other parts had me completely enthralled, but then it would get to a slow part and start to lose me a bit.

Overall, I loved this book. I definitely recommend it to all Greek Mythology lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, and Slavery

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Slavery, War, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Grief