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Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

54 reviews

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

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. I read Madeline Miller’s phenomenal The Song of Achilles and had to get more. Her prose is so lush and beautiful. I’ve never read writing like hers. It reignited the love I have for greek  mythology and especially retellings. It is such a fun and entertaining read and I would definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

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

gracegallo's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

An intriguing, nuanced, and heartfelt way of retelling stories that have been passed on for millennia. Romantic without being wholly focused on any one man or relationship. The main character is awe-inspiring yet relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

deveyway's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

dannythestreet's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Incest, Kidnapping, Slavery, Stalking, and War

elumpio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

miglena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Madeline Miller weaves words together so beautifully. Her writing is so poignant and is able to touch depths that people rarely go to. I ached and wept for Circe throughout the whole book and literally cried through 40% of it. 
I finished this book in two sittings, but I would have finished it in one if I didn't have work. I have no doubt I will be coming back to this book again. There are so many quotes that I just want to press into my skin and carry with me. 

This book deals with the concepts of free will, captivity, isolation, feminism, how deeply rooted mysogeny is and how it plays out in our interactions, who is considered good vs evil, and many more. Madeline Miller shapes mythology, action, and romance together to craft this book. It asks us to look within ourselves and reflect. 
I feel lucky to have read this book, it was enthralling and a truly magical experience. 

Here are some quotes I love and keep thinking about:

 
"A golden cage is still a cage"

"I had been old and stern for so long, carved with regrets and years like a monolith. But that was only a shape I had been poured into. I did not have to keep it." 

"Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep." 

"Circe, he says, it will be all right... He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean 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." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and War

Minor: Self harm

mo345's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cannibalism

rbacon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

Okay I was pretty hesitant to read this because I love Greek mythology and I didn't want it to be a terrible rendition. However, I was absolutely wrong, I love this book and will be searching out Miller's other book to read soon.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse