Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Circe by Madeline Miller

119 reviews

thereadingnurse2021's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent

_kassiopeia_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

sssssoup's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

nicole_k's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

bluejayreads's review against another edition

 There's no plot, just the story of the witch Circe beyond her encounter with Odysseus. It started off very rich and atmospheric and just dripping with Ancient Greek Mythology vibes, and I liked it quite a bit. Then Circe's priorities shifted from navigating the worlds of gods and mortals and understanding and perfecting her power to something entirely different (and possibly a spoiler):

She decided she wanted to have a child, and seeing her have that child just reminded me of all the reasons I never want to have kids.

The first 60%-ish is fantastic, and then things changed and I just didn't care anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Death, and Blood

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

So very good. I finished in the early hours of the morning after reading all day and it made me cry very hard. An amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, and War

Minor: Gore

For the worst/main instance of injury detail/gore:

at one point, one of her hands is bitten/mangled, with a few fingers entirely taken off. It is a brief scene, with other medical things happening (someone giving birth), and the fingers grow back in the end, but it is described in a slightly detailed/shocking way.

pissdrawerlmfao's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shaapurin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Now I understand why many people recommend this book and the author. I found it super original and beautiful in both the narrative and the use of lesser-known aspects of Greek culture and myths, especially the way in which the novel is divided. The fact that we learn about Circe's life through the compilation of various tales reminds me of the way in which various myths are written/passed down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, and War

stevie1216's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Well it certainly is a Greek story. Lots of uh incest and SA…. It was an interesting read but I prefer Song if Achilles 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War