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Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

45 reviews

bookswithian's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Infidelity, War, Incest, Violence, Gore, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Animal death, Child death, and Rape

cemeterygay's review against another edition

4.0

I thought it was a really interesting retelling of Circe throughout her life. I really enjoyed the emotional progress in the book and how it was paced. I also really enjoyed Madeline Miller's prose and I think it greatly helped the emotional journey of the book. While I do feel like most of the cast outside of Circe was flat, I do think it really helped solidify Circe's isolation and how much our perspective is impacted by hers. I also really liked what Madeline Miller did with Circe's character and how she handled the myths surrounding her. 

I also just adored both the set-up and ending of the book. I think I will probably be revisiting this sometime in the future

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Blood, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Incest

CW: rape by coercion discussions, verbal abuse, forced marriage, nightmares, graphic childbirth (c-section), non-consensual drugging, corpses, death of a sibling, death of a child, death of a father, death of a husband, death of a friend, death from a fall and death by drowning, bestiality mention

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Blood, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Torture, War, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

◦ Death = incl. father, husband, lover
◦ Mental illness = Depression
◦ Pregnancy = Child birth
◦ Sexual content = incl. zoophilia

isaaah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Rape, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, War, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Incest, and Cannibalism

vaniavela's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

Greek mythology is not exactly my cup of tea and it makes little sense to me with all those names and gods and goddesses and I get confused easily. She is a woman who has pulled off terrible things, but is still human. She's lonely and tough, and hides in sarcasm oftentimes. As a retelling, Circe deserves between 4 and 5 stars for being written with a lovely prose. However, there could have been improvements. I would have liked to have seen the handmaids on her island play a larger role. I found the concept of an island inhabited by women who have been exiled by the gods interesting, but it was not tapped into enough. The author was afraid of success. Overall it was a good book, but I didn't feel the same excitement that everyone was telling me about it with. 

Trigger/Content Warnings: Violence, gore, murder, torture, physical abuse, child abuse, thoughts of suicide, brief scene with cutting, graphic childbirth scenes, mention of bestiality, mention of incest, animal sacrifice, death of a sibling, death of a child, death of a loved one, death of an animal, rape, adultery, and war themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, War, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, War, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Grief

thereadingnurse2021's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

taterteph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Rape, and Suicide attempt

miraiyo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This book was amazing. It was a bit slow to start, but I had heard such good things and loved SOA so much--and wow am I glad I kept going. This book made me feel every possible emotion. Everything I knew about Circe came from reading the Percy Jackson series as a kid, so I knew nothing of what to expect with the plot. It was just incredible. Miller is a fantastic writer, and I copied so many beautiful quotes and passages into my notes. I love the whole concept of this book, of telling the story of Circe's life, of making the epic about her and the stories that never get told. I'd recommend this book to anyone I could convince to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Physical abuse, Animal death, Torture, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts