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Circe by Madeline Miller is about the world's most famous witch. I can't remember when I felt so much compassion for a character. Those gods are horrible parents and siblings and friends. Olympus is not a place you'd want to grow up. Or live.
Circe isn't nice either, turning her rival nymph into the monster Scylla, and changing intruders on her island into pigs. Yet there is something about Circe that is vulnerable, seeking for affection and yet constantly being rejected and scorned.
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Circe isn't nice either, turning her rival nymph into the monster Scylla, and changing intruders on her island into pigs. Yet there is something about Circe that is vulnerable, seeking for affection and yet constantly being rejected and scorned.
This is a blo ...more
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