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Circe by Madeline Miller

20 reviews

clairew97's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Sexual content, Body shaming, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Body shaming, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and War

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

I missed when this was massively trending back during covid but as much as it wasn’t an all time favourite I can admit the hype was for a reason. 

This tale follows the tale of Circe and essentially the stories of her life and the people she meets.  Which is shockingly a lot considering early in the book she gets herself exiled for life to an island.   

Weirdly poetic at times it had some beautiful quotes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Alcohol, Body shaming, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Death, Incest, Infidelity, and Murder

kimveach's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Fantasy is not my favorite genre, but I enjoyed revisiting my college Greek Mythology classes via this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, and War

sophi_walison's review

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

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

estefanydiaz's review

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Murder, Violence, and War

abbybiegs's review

mainly focused on character development without much plot. i love madeline miller, but i just really didn’t want to finish this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood, Grief, and Sexual content

lorie336's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

This is character driven, so if you like plot driven this may not be for you. This is about the beginning of Circe before Odysseus came to her island. Her being an outcast amongst her family, the love she thought her father had for her, and the love she thought she had with a mortal who loved another. We also get the origins of Scylla, the Minotaur, and how Circe became a powerful witch. We get a cameo from Jason and Medea who helped Jason get the golden fleece. We also meet Daedalus and a young Icarus as well as Ariadne which adds more legend to these Greek myths. Hermes is a companion for a bit until he angers her.

Odysseus finally comes, but not before other ships arrived and Circe has worked her magic into turning them into pigs after an event made her suspicious. He stays with her for a while telling her of his journey and the Trojan war, how he devised the Trojan horse to win.

Eventually, he left and we follow her life afterwards, which I don't want to spoil. I found this enlightening and enjoyable, expanding my knowledge of Circe's myth. I hope Madeline will write more for I love Greek mythology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Body horror

angelamarie's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Body shaming, and Child abuse