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A review by makaylariley
Circe by Madeline Miller
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I enjoyed it overall but I went in expecting an empowering witchy book and it was mostly slow and sad with some empowering witchiness towards the end, but by that time it didn’t impress me like I wanted it to.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cannibalism