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julia_kathleen'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
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Classism
Minor: Incest
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
moond4ncer'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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism
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
eedle_cacleberry'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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Grief
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Incest, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail
rjbedell's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Child death, Incest, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
swanuponsleda'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
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent
coreym9's review
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and War