Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Circe by Madeline Miller

294 reviews

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Misogyny, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Abandonment, Animal death, Sexual content, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism and Child death

lindyloureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Body shaming, Sexual content, Child abuse, Rape, Slavery, Death, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, War, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Incest, and Physical abuse

linneak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Body horror, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War, Confinement, and Incest

maudesoul's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

A feminist tale featuring one of the lesser known characters in Greek mythology gets her own legendary hero's journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexism, War, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, and Grief

anindistinctaccountant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Death, and Incest

Minor: Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Classism

majestictrilobite's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Slavery, Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, and Body horror

kellyofcali's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

A sort of slow read, though a nice one, that takes you through a number of stories of Greek Mythology from a different perspective. I've always loved the Greek gods, so I enjoyed this, though it didn't GRAB me the way some books do. Appreciate a strong female center.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: War, Animal death, Sexual content, and Blood

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

Madeline Miller exceeded my expectations with this one. Circe as both character and story is lovingly rendered, and the culmination of her constant change and constant striving for more at the end of novel is more than I could have hoped for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Body horror, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and War

waitwhathelp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Grief, and Rape

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Torture

janey_bones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

I loved this book so much 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, and Slavery