Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Circe by Madeline Miller

347 reviews

gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.25

Circe was the second book I read after coming out of a 5 year slump where I didn’t read anything that wasn’t assigned to me by a syllabus. I think it was a great place to start.

As a kid, I really loved Greek mythology. As I got older, I started to read less sanitized versions of those stories and had a hard time sticking with it.

Turns out I really don’t like reading stories where rape and sexual assault are just something that happens.

Circe, however, sucked me in ever since I saw it being talked about on TikTok. 

While the misogyny of it all is both infuriating and exhausting, I enjoyed watching Circe grow into her own as she carves out a space for herself in the world that rejected her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

shayna14's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

madeline miller is my new favorite author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and War

fromthesatanicperspective's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

sofi237b's review against another edition

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Beautiful story, but the ending kind of bugged me a little bit tbf. 
Love seeing her rise into her power, and I am a huge sucker for Greek mytholog  <3 
Madeline Miller is an excellent author!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

em_gauts's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.5

Introspective and nuanced, Circe doesn't shy away from uncomfortable questions about family, womanhood, gender, and isolation. My only gripe is with her ultimate fate - to me, it seems a simple and neat solution to such complex and messy character growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death and Blood

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

yvngbrvt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Death

bethhstanley's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and War

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal death, Incest, and Cannibalism