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Circe by Madeline Miller

30 reviews

spookyaz's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, War, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

pernrider's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit and Rape

feliciaguestwrites's review

4.0

Circe was a book that I had wanted to read for such a long time, and even tried to read back in 2019, but just never seemed to come upon it when I had the time or patience to devote to such a story. But I recently had the chance to read this and although it took me a month to complete, I'm so glad I finally just sat down and stuck to it!

Circe follows the goddess of the same name, as she endures loneliness and detachment throughout her immortal life. Born to the god of the sun and a nymph, she is isolated as a child and when her solitude leads her to drastic measure, she is exiled to Aiaia. There, she hones her powers as a witch and brushes shoulders with legendary gods and goddesses and mortals alike, who pass through her island over the centuries of her expulsion.

I've never been huge on Greek mythology, but I had enough knowledge going into this to connect the dots of this adult retelling. I really enjoyed reading Circe's story, the way she matured over the course of the novel and how Madeline Miller filled in the blanks. While it wasn't an action-driven story, I found that it (mostly) kept a good pace and the interaction of the different characters made it so multidimensional and utterly fascinating.

After reading Circe, I'm even more excited to read Song of Achilles, which I've heard incredible things about!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Vomit

feeling_myshelf's review

dark reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Gore, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

claire_leibovitz's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Violence, Vomit, and War

agooding's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Infidelity, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Slavery

ealasaid_sch's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: War

Minor: Vomit

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Body horror, Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Slavery, War, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Grief

hannahbevil's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

madelinequinne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

another great greek mythology book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Death, Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexual assault, War, Bullying, Grief, Violence, and Toxic relationship