A review by azaliz
Circe by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Read right after The Song of Achilles. I love Miller's characters, their stark personalities and their voices.

I had heard of Circe before of course, but I didn't know that much about her except that she was a witch who turned Odysseus's men into pigs.
And here I discovered such a rich universe, gods and naiads, islands and seas, countless encounters, prophecies, love and sorrow.
The struggle of a goddess bound to eternal life but drawn to humans.
The beauty of her work as a witch, her experience and her experiments.

This book made me travel, dream, laugh, and I am very grateful to Madeline Miller for that.