Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

207 reviews

golelifsu's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Incest

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, Confinement, Drug use, Classism, Abandonment, Animal death, Infidelity, Bullying, Sexual violence, War, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Rape, Self harm, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Incest, and Infertility

Referenced bestiality. Nonconsensual drugging.

abbeyroad1410's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

The character of Circe is so compelling that it makes up for a lot of lack of action. Circe herself sees internal growth and changes over the course of the book, keeping her empathy but growing based on life experiences that understandably would harden a woman. One of the most interesting parts of this story is that Circe is an unreliable narrator and realizes that due to her isolation, she is unable to get a full picture of the world around her that would allow her to complete a story. 
Additionally, the supporting characters are also well-developed. Despite Telemachus' very short time in the book, he is one of the most complex and likeable male characters I have read.
If I had to give some criticisms of this novel, the large expanse of time makes it drag in places. The drag is needed to show how large this expanse is, but it can be tedious to read. Additionally, because the Greek mythology is so accurate, there are some strange relationships addressed which you kind of have to take as a product of the mythos.   

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, and Death

Minor: Incest and Infidelity

samanthaleeshea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, War, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture and Incest

cassidyjennings's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity, Incest, and Domestic abuse

shayna14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

madeline miller is my new favorite author

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content and War

read_by_gee's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Incest, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Pregnancy

em_gauts's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Incest, Pregnancy, and War

bethhstanley's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gore

Minor: War, Violence, Incest, Sexism, Misogyny, Animal death, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Death

helhas3letters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death, Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Alcohol, War, Grief, Torture, Sexism, and Misogyny

Minor: Incest, Cannibalism, and Animal death