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Circe Excerpt: The First 3 Chapters by Madeline Miller

92 reviews

dniespal's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

A great story of a strong woman but polish translation makes it hard to read. First half of the book is quite boring and hard to get through which I think is due to the translation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Bullying, Classism, War, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

mayareadsxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

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

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

tetetaeskz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, War, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Grief

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Gore, Child abuse, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Pregnancy, and War

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Rape, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Death

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Cannibalism, Antisemitism, Sexual content, Suicide, War, and Death of parent

bethsiekierawalker's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Confinement, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

nicnevin's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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

Poetry in prose, its an absolute gem. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual content, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Pregnancy, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Infidelity

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