Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Circe by Madeline Miller

141 reviews

ellaford's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

As someone with a limited knowledge of Greek mythology I think it is a different experience to read this book, but not necessarily a worse one. The twists and turn were all the more intriguing and exciting. I listened to this book and the narrator did such a fantastic job of bringing circe alive as she had such a majestic way of reading. I enjoyed it more as it went on for certain and by the end was completely captivated by the world. I loved how nature and animals are described, and the complicated nature of good and bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Body horror, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

saintmaud's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

 miller is so good at writing prettily but ultimately her view of women is very clear in this book. circe as a character is bland and defanged, written for a very particular group that loves a very particular brand of feminism, which is crazy because the circe of the original myths was much more interesting and to present such a washed out retelling was… a choice. no more madeline miller for me thank u. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child death, and Rape

catwhisperer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Grief

marieeveparentroy's review against another edition

adventurous sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Murder

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: War, Torture, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, Sexual content, Ableism, Self harm, and Child death

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

I was warned beforehand that this book was no p just vibes, and although I do value books that are more plot driven I thought I'd enjoy this since I liked her previous book. And while I did appreciate her writing it did get kind of confusing sometimes and sorta complicated to understand. The book did have numerous dull parts as well. I almost put it down numerous times. The book was still nice. I understand why people may love it, but sadly it just wasn't for me.

I never read the original tale so maybe this is just me. But Circe getting with her son's half brother when she also had sex with his father was well ws kind of disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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: Gore, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Confinement, Drug use, Classism, Abandonment, Animal death, Infidelity, Bullying, Sexual violence, War, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Rape, Self harm, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Incest, and Infertility

Referenced bestiality. Nonconsensual drugging.

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

samanthaleeshea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, War, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture and Incest

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pregnancy, and War