Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

77 reviews

awpatton's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, and Incest

Minor: Blood, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

bialves's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I was always waiting for something to happen, but it never actually did. It doesn't make it a bad story, but I think it was the story of others by the eyes of Circe.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

emc's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

Minor: Rape and Slavery

lena04's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Blood

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

orlagal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

_vampiresquid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Sexual violence

lena_and_her_books's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, and Slavery