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Circe

Madeline Miller

Start date: May 1, 2025

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Feb 06, 2019 Anna 'Bookbuyer' rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011-2030, read-owned, own, own-kindle

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So many things happened in this book I wouldn't even know where to start. O.o

I guess I will do the old things I liked and things I didn't like.

I'm not sure why I didn't give this a 5. For some reason I am just really stingy right now. It's like a 4.5 or 4.8

I liked Circe. She was a wonderful person and I'm glad she became human in the end. She was basically working towards that her whole life.
I loved the mythology and history. So fun and informative.

I hated the gods. So cruel.
I hated her family. ...more

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Mar 25, 2021 Priya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2021

Such a beautifully written book!
I loved The song of Achilles for the brilliant way in which it told the story of the Trojan war and brought alive on its pages several warriors and their deeds along with their insecurities and fears.
This book is many tales in one, telling as it does of the sun god Helios's daughter Circe's life on the island of Aiaia where she was exiled when it was discovered that she knew witchcraft.
As Circe hones her skills and comes into her powers, she encounters several of ...more

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Nov 21, 2019 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned

I had heard good things about this book bit didn't expect to love it the way I did. This is such a rich story of isolation, heartbreak, and redemption! ...more

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