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Circe

Madeline Miller

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2020

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Jul 04, 2022 Trisha rated it really liked it

"We are not our blood," he answered. "A witch once told me that."

Well color me completely surprised. I loved this one and mythology is not typically my cup of tea. I have tried to read quite a few but this one was finally the one for me to love.

Circe isn't your typical god - she spends her childhood at her father's feet, waiting for any moment he might bestow on her. She learns to listen and watch. She seems to have compasion, which is not necessarily a good trait of a god.

I didn't know her st ...more

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Sep 12, 2021 Christal rated it really liked it

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I really enjoyed this one. I didn’t know a lot about Circe going into it but I loved this version of her story.

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Jun 04, 2019 Tfalcone rated it really liked it

I love it. it has been a long time since I read most of this mythology, but I had forgotten some of the connections between Circe, Minos, Daedalus and Scylla. I did remember the bits about Odysseus and his men being turned into pigs. Great retelling of the story!

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