Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

47 reviews

seanml's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

Madeline Miller evolves her craft with Circe in a way that is both a spiritual continuation of the Song of Achilles, while also being a completely independent narrative on its own. The pantheon and characters of Greek legend are all written very well, beginning as their one-note idealized selves, and turning into multi-faceted characters by the novel's end. A pleasure as always. 8/10.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Torture, Violence, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Sexism, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

a2_rache11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

First 2/3 of this book are amazing. Last 1/3 felt like a retelling of the Odyssey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Confinement, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Animal death, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War

sajjaadsahodeea's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

forgottengoddess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, and Gaslighting

molly_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and War

fran_buesa's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Rape

madelynhardy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, and War

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

ieryka_magic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Incest, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death