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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.
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.