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This book was a slow go for me. For about 3/4th of the book, I thought it was entertaining but nothing special. Initially I was frustrated with Circe being so naive and somewhat clueless when no one else around her was. It seemed to take a very long time for her to gain wisdom, strength and maturity. But then she did and the last quarter of the book was the best and made what was an average book into a good one for me.
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"Circe, he says, it will be all right.
It is not the saying of an Oracle or a prophet. They are words you might speak to a child. I have heard him say them to our daughters, when he rocked them back to sleep from a nightmare, when he dressed their small cuts, soothes whatever stung. His skin is familiar as my own beneath my fingers. I listen to his breath, warm upon the night air, and somehow I am comforted. He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Onl ...more
It is not the saying of an Oracle or a prophet. They are words you might speak to a child. I have heard him say them to our daughters, when he rocked them back to sleep from a nightmare, when he dressed their small cuts, soothes whatever stung. His skin is familiar as my own beneath my fingers. I listen to his breath, warm upon the night air, and somehow I am comforted. He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Onl ...more
Read the book and loved it. I'd heard the audio version was amazing so when it went on sale I scooped it up. It was even better!!
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Melanie Knight
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it was amazing
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