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crowcrow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'd also like to give it props for how it portrayed SA. I was afraid that it would change Circe's completely, completely rewriting her to be weak and scared, but no! It was handled extremely well! I like that it shows that trauma doesn't need to tie you down. I appreciate it!
All that aside I was extremely disappointed in the ending.
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy
kds247's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Murder, and War
Minor: Torture and Injury/Injury detail
lilithlake'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
4.25
I’m left with a lot of questions still though about the lore.
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Content warning: In chapter 14 there is a scene where Circe gets raped, and all the men around her watch it happening, it describes her being held against her will and chocked but doesn’t describe the act of rape in detail, mainly it focuses on the aftermath.thursdd4y's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.75
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Sexism
loxeletters's review against another edition
- 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
I feel this is a superb kind of retelling: it really captures the feeling of reading the Odyssey and Iliad while conforming, at least in the later chapters, more to our modern taste in storytelling. The beginning certainly had strong narrative resemblance to the old classics.
My main gripe with this book is that, for being marketed as a feminist retelling, it really focuses so much on men and Circe's relationship with them. There's no female friendship or relationship in this book that is given as much space or development as her relationships to her lovers, her father, Telegonus, and her brother.
That being said, I did really enjoy exploring her complex relationship with Telegonus, and even shed a few tears there. She went through so much and still would give everything for him. That really touched something in me.
Important ideas explored here are immortality and divinity, needless cruelty, motherhood, loneliness, and death. Regardless of my complaints, this was a lovely read.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and War
widowrites's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Grief
Minor: Rape
marinajonesreads'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War
jackalest's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
el_wheel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape and Abandonment
spookyaz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail