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Circe by Madeline Miller

27 reviews

nialiversuch's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Death of parent, Body horror, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Murder, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Violence

angeldevoursliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

fawaz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

Because it's my first start

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Ableism, Alcohol, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abortion

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luminifera's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

I absolutely loved it. What a beautiful retelling of the myth. So many details!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Torture, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, War, Self harm, Infidelity, Addiction, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

It's a heavy book. However, very much worth the read, and

it has a happy ending!

triangular_pascal's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Grief, Incest, Murder, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Again Madeline Miller manages to write a beautiful book. I genuinely love this. Idk what to say. It’s just so beautiful. I do recommend checking tw before reading it though cause it gets rough. The ending is amazing. I only wish (minor spoiler) Odysseus was not who he turned out to be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Child death

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was such a beautiful piece of literature to read both in its language and how images were painted for us but in how it made such an epic scope of stories we’ve heard time and time again feel so personal and intimate. Ugh, I already want to read it again and I’m already wishing I can read it for the first time all over again. I hope this one remains a classic and as integral to Circe’s story as the original myths themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Confinement, Gore, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Animal death, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Slavery, Incest, Blood, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture, War, and Xenophobia

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Death

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Suicide, War, and Death of parent

sajjaadsahodeea's review

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

thatbookishworm's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

So, this is where Percy Jackson kids end up? I can’t say it’s that bad.
 This book is a 5/5 stars for me, probably because I don’t want to find fault in it. The storytelling was beautiful, and Madeline Miller managed to make her characters so messed up, but still so whole. (Also that endinggggg)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, War, Torture, and Pedophilia