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Circe
Circe
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spoko
Aug 19, 2025 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, fantasy, speculative
I like the way Madeline Miller tells mythic stories. I should say that I’m not at all precious about myths, and I don’t understand why anyone would be. They were never static stories, consistent and unvarying. So I don’t know the canonical details, and I’m good with that. Beyond that, though, I like the specifics of Miller’s telling. Especially with this book (vis-à-vis The Song of Achilles ), I like the characters she sculpts, and I like the speculative world she builds. I was intrigued thro ...more
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Jen
May 20, 2024 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I love the idea of a re-telling of the Greek myths and delve deeply into a complicated female character but this one just didn’t really do it for me. There were moments of brilliance and excitement but long sections that I found really boring.
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Ketutar Jensen
Jun 21, 2021 rated it really liked it
I resisted for the longest time, because the negative reviews scared me.

I was scared that Circe would be watered down, but even though she isn't the Kirke as I understand her, she is "good enough". I don't think her weakness and powerlessness makes her any less strong.

Of course the Ancient Greek society and pantheon was horribly misogynist. Who doesn't know that?

Of course there were a lot of things that irritated me. (That's why only 4 stars :-D) But the rest of the book, the whole of the book ...more
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Chris C
Apr 21, 2019 rated it really liked it
The hype I've heard from other fans of the book was well borne and I definitely enjoyed reading this deeper telling of a Greek myth. The bare bones of previous myths were fleshed out more with backgrounds given to the Greek pantheon surrounding Circe and a mortal's voice was matched with such a life. I came to this book with high expectations and I was not let down. I look forward to reading more of her work. ...more
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Laura
Mar 19, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Melissa
Jan 22, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction-other
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Betty
Jun 05, 2019 marked it as to-read
Abigail
Jun 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
Karen
Nov 04, 2019 rated it really liked it
Nik
Nov 14, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2019-books
Leslie
Dec 17, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Ed
Feb 15, 2020 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Marla
Apr 21, 2020 marked it as bbc-suggestion
Shelves: fantasy, mythology, historical-fiction, retelling
Tatiana
May 09, 2020 marked it as to-read
Julie
May 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
Amanda R
Jul 25, 2020 marked it as to-read
Mary Yuhas
Aug 11, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Cheryl
Nov 23, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: historical-fiction
Victoria
Jun 23, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Jen
Nov 04, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lib-ebook, favorites
Amanda Delo
Dec 27, 2021 rated it really liked it
Kaitlin
Jan 13, 2022 marked it as to-read
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Feb 06, 2022 added it
Shelves: did-not-finish
Marta
Aug 29, 2023 rated it really liked it
Dan
Jun 03, 2025 rated it liked it
Shelves: literary-fiction, mythology
Mary
Oct 18, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Sasha
Dec 30, 2024 marked it as to-read
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