Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Circe by Madeline Miller

87 reviews

gaeke's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

for a character driven book, this sucked. while I was reading this, I felt like this was the type of story you have to come into already invested or at least slightly interested in the characters. circe wasn't redeemable in any way, and if that was the point I didn't get it. the characters were replaceable in my opinion, and none really left a strong impression on me. circe's actions pissed me off and I came here expecting a strong female main character but was terribly disappointed. I will say though that circe's mother arc had to be the best part of this book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, and Rape

quentinwal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and War

renreads2much's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.75

(Read this for School)
Very poetic writing, its so descriptive and feels like water flowing over my brain. One thing is that it claims to be a feminist retelling, and although there are themes of feminism, I feel like it shows more of what its like to be a woman and is somewhat a cautionary tale. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

erinoco's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

sydneeabt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

irishrose7777's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

lorriss's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ashley_adams's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

jacintajeffriesss's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

fawaz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

Because it's my first start

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Blood, Antisemitism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, and Acephobia/Arophobia

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