A review by librarymouse
Circe by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

Madeline Miller exceeded my expectations with this one. Circe as both character and story is lovingly rendered, and the culmination of her constant change and constant striving for more at the end of novel is more than I could have hoped for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Slavery, and War