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Circe by Madeline Miller

347 reviews

olia_k21's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment

skrulls's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A bit of a slog in the beginning for me, but I'm really glad I stuck with it. it was moving, raw, healing, and messy in good ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and War

moogle_exe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

An outstanding retelling of the myth of Circe. I grew up reading the Percy Jackson books so I felt right at home reading this book. The obvious main difference is that all of the themes were dealt with maturely and this was most definitely fore mature audiences. I love how the book showed a theme that may be incomprehensible to us - but it made it work. We felt for a divine being, we see this character become three dimensional and interesting. There are trigger warning scenes in the book, as a warning in itself. This book was a huge insight into independence and what it means to shape your own destiny, despite the challenges. 

A recommended read for all of those who love realistic female leads, character growth and Greek mythology.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Trigger warning.

iarinas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

alicia_m_andrews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Incest

nicoleherz's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Greek myth reimagined; amazing storytelling; gods, villains, and heroes

God (or should I say gods...ha ha...) I knew I would love this book after 3 pages, and I was right. The writing drew me in immediately and I loved the adventurous pace and wide cast of characters. I also loved puzzling my knowledge of Greek mythology around the pieces laid out in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

lunaticloverpoet's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

I’ve had friends begging me to read this book for upwards of over a year, and I am so glad that I finally did. As someone who has been a fan of Greek mythology since childhood, a good retelling will always hold a special place in my heart, and Madeline Miller consistently knocks it out of the park. For a story about ancient all-powerful gods, Circe’s story is so undeniably human—awful and messy but beautiful in the way that it always comes back together. Not only that, it is such a uniquely well-rounded female perspective that is very rarely shown in literature, let alone Greek mythology. My singular gripe with this novel is the endgame romance (should’ve been Penelope smh), but it is something that I’m willing to overlook for a tale this beautiful. Miller’s writing style feels like a fairytale and the are so many quotes and lessons from this book tug at my heartstrings. It is a treatise on what it is like to fall in love with mortality, and more than that, it is an in-depth look at the trials and tribulations of a broken woman who puts finds herself and puts herself back together all on her own. This is the story Circe deserves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse

andriaspyrou's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

Circe is a very beautifully written book. A reminder that you can always stand up and rise to be greater and better even if others don’t believe you can. People in Circe’s life, especially men, always defied her and thought she was less then, but in the end proved them all wrong as she learned from her mistakes and grew as a person. Became a whole independent woman, learned how to live on her own and never asked for anyone’s assistance in the process. You can tell she became more mature and confident by the way she stood up for herself in front of her father and other gods. She experienced it all: bullying, heartbreak, sexual assault, loneliness, manipulation… She’s truly an inspiration. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death

Minor: War

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Fantasy is not my favorite genre, but I enjoyed revisiting my college Greek Mythology classes via this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jarjarblingg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy