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Circe by Madeline Miller

120 reviews

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

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. It was a bit slow to start, but I had heard such good things and loved SOA so much--and wow am I glad I kept going. This book made me feel every possible emotion. Everything I knew about Circe came from reading the Percy Jackson series as a kid, so I knew nothing of what to expect with the plot. It was just incredible. Miller is a fantastic writer, and I copied so many beautiful quotes and passages into my notes. I love the whole concept of this book, of telling the story of Circe's life, of making the epic about her and the stories that never get told. I'd recommend this book to anyone I could convince to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

ambdocksey22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

saff10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

tabbybabbles's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

Was really well written, but felt slow. Redeemed by the fact that I still couldn’t put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

"'It will be alright.'

He does not mean that it will not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive."


Absolutely stunning. The brutal beauty and pain of this story and this character's life is heartbreaking, but so gorgeously, gorgeously drawn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aardwyrm's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

 D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, Not Like Other Girls special edition. I am not a purist who requires active protagonists or that plot twists be a huge shock every time, but Circe does, chooses, and changes more or less nothing over the course of her thousands of years, and every story beat (always accomplished or at least catalyzed by someone else) is broadcast in big neon letters. 75% of the story is Circe sitting around waiting for someone more interesting to come tell her a bit about some more interesting Greek myth that's happening, at which point she will take no action. The last bit is her mildly annoying Athena, very belatedly fixing a couple of her own mistakes that she could have addressed at any time, and making it clear that being a wife and mother is the only thing an immortal, magical being could possibly be doing with her time. Like Jane Eyre before her, she describes herself at length as ugly and unloved and troublesome, and then a succession of strangers walk in to tell her she's beautiful and adored and also she never meaningfully troubles anybody. 

I don't know, the prose is pretty good. But there's no meaningful reimagining of any of the myths, or even drawing from unusual sources. Individual scenes have emotional weight, but then Circe's passive whingeing has the same stakes and pacing all through the book, so they never actually mean anything. She periodically declares herself to be much better than last time she made the same choice, which is kind of like character development. Altogether, style but no substance, the sort of thing you get when someone who doesn't know their genre reinvents the wheel and it comes out square.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury