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obscureprism's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Misogyny
sarahcerdena's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Misogyny and Rape
graceskate's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, and Misogyny
Minor: Body horror
phoebeisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Pregnancy
luminifera's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and War
It's a heavy book. However, very much worth the read, andcamoo3032's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and War
planetarycrow's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Murder, and War
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Violence
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
catglasses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Rape and War
Minor: Torture and Murder
sidofherran's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
THE WAY MADELINE MILLER WRITES IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! it was really lovely to see her retelling of the myths and her spin on it. this was a very poetic, lyrical and touching tale that explored the themes of patriarchal oppression & women's attempts to seek power and agency in unforgiving patriarchy, the casual cruelty of gods/immortals vs the beauty and humanity of mortals, power & corruption & fame and what morality means, what it means to live a good life and be good.
the action scenes and plot twists, although based on various versions of the original greek myths, were really gripping and the body horror or other horrific moments
circe's characterization grew on me a lot, how she started out powerless, invisible, meek and sheltered and also impulsive and impetuous but gradually grew into this witch who was powerful and old and could hold her own and would
i also enjoyed daedalus, ariadne, penelope, telemachus and telegonus' characterizations. this spin on
circle's love for her son was very touching, it made me better understand mothers i guess. it was touching how she could not bear to let her son go and yet in the end she loved him so much that she let him go even though it pained her so, because she knew that he needed to be able to see the world and grow into his own and would have suffered if she had kept him sheltered forever. and i like Penelope and her quiet shrewdness and steadiness and wit and presence and how she learnt to become a witch too in the end. i was weirded out by circe and telemachus at first ngl dnjndjs but somehow miller managed to make it feel not gross since circe only met telemachus way after she parted ways with odysseus and telemachus was already at least 30 when she met him. i was pretty touched by his uncomplicated, pure-hearted love for her.
also towards the end i had a feeling circe was gonna become mortal and it was cool to discover i was right. it was a very fitting end to her story bc she really hated divinity and had always been much more drawn to humanity.
one mild gripe i have is that the starting was a bit slow, but the plot twists and action later on quickly made up for it. another gripe i have is that some of the characters were portrayed rather 2-dimensionally or in a black-and-white manner. namely the villainous characters,
(may come back and add more to this review as i remember)
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, and Pregnancy
lchelle_bester's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Cannibalism and War