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Circe

Madeline Miller

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2020

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Oct 07, 2019 Kirsten rated it really liked it

This was an incredible work. Just incredible. She could've made this a much larger work, but I think the length it was was ideal.

So many different characters you learn about through mythology, plays, and opera show up in this. The origin of Scylla and Charybdis. Odysseus and the turning the men to pigs. Jason and Medea. The Gods. The Titans. Prometheus. Daedalus and Icarus. Et al.

Circe comes across as very human. A woman (albeit magical) who has to make her own road in the world. She makes mist ...more

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Dec 10, 2018 Paula rated it really liked it

I have always enjoyed Greek mythology, and this book helped confirm that. I WAS TRANSFIXED reading this retelling. Circe, half nymph, is the daughter of Helios, Titan god of the sun. Basically the black sheep of the family, she is never treated the same as her siblings. After falling in love with a mortal fisherman named Glaucus, she yearned for him to be an immortal God. When told by her grandmother that it could never happen, she learned of a magical flower that could transform people into the ...more

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Aug 04, 2019 Beth rated it it was amazing

I loved this. Forget Homer. This version of Circe is much more satisfying and enjoyable.

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Dec 19, 2018 Sindryc rated it it was amazing

I loved this book! I really like myths and knew the characters but these fleshed out versions of very minor myths were full and beautiful and complex. I don't think you need to have knowledge of the characters to appreciate and enjoy this book, in fact, the story stands on its own. ...more

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Mar 19, 2019 Cheryl rated it it was amazing

OUTSTANDING! A must read.
It will be a classic.

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Aug 08, 2019 Brenda rated it it was ok

This started off really good, but overall I was pretty disappointed with it. It felt like 90% of the book was tell, not show, and that can get really boring.

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