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Circe

Madeline Miller

Start date: August 15, 2025

Finish date: September 15, 2025

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Dec 03, 2018 Laura rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-2018, e-books, american-fiction, historical-fiction, historical-romance, hf-ancient-europe

A mixture of historical and romance fiction. The book is too long and I got bored in some moments also despite the fact that this book is a bookseller.

2.5* Circe
TR The Song of Achilles

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May 17, 2018 Rosana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, re-reads, 2018, 2022

This is my second reading of this book, and I loved it as much as I loved it the first time. I should say that this is my second time listening to this book and that I might have loved it even more had I actually read it, as Madelaine Miller’s writing is very poetic and I want to savor it more.

I didn’t write a review when I first read and I now regret it. So many books later I recall the enjoyment of the story telling and what I perceived at the time as being a very feminist book, an anti-patri ...more

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Oct 17, 2018 Dree rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-reads, women-s-prize-long-short, tournament-of-books

This novel was part of the Tournament of Books summer 2018--I requested the book in May, I got it at the end of September, well after the end of the ToB. But if it weren't for the ToB, I would not have read it. I did not much enjoy The Song of Achilles.

But this book is soooo much better! Miller's writing always takes me awhile to get used to--it is formal and a little stiff, not unlike Homer's. Which I understand, and I get used to. I found Circe to be a much more interesting character than Achi ...more

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Dec 04, 2018 Cdrueallen rated it liked it

Listened to this as an audio book while running. This beautifully written fantasy presented a radically dystopian view of the Greek Gods, turning them into a classical version of today's idle and corrupt 1%. What's not to like about that? Well, what's not to like is the bias of the author in favor of men, especially young men, and her semi-transparent fantasy of finding in her middle or old age the perfect young male lover. The only worthwhile people in the novel besides our heroine Circe are th ...more

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Jan 26, 2025 William rated it liked it

Shelves: 2025

Liked it, didn’t love it. I would call it a good story well told. The Greek gods and myths are at the centre of much western culture so it’s always interesting to see a different interpretation. In Circe, Miller imbues the goddess with mortal qualities, feelings and frailties. Perhaps that is as it hound be since the gods themselves were a human creation and served the purpose of explaining and trying to understand the world and its inhabitants.
I found the book itself a bit slow at times and the ...more

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