Review: Circe

Circe by Madeline Miller
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There was a power to this book that I did not expect.

There is a scale here, a breadth to the journey Circe takes that is hard to overstate. It moves rapidly, but if you reach a later section and flip because to the previous one, you’ll see what I mean when I say this. You’ll see stories retold, characters introduced through perspectives that you forget because they seem aeons past.

There is closure, a strong structure, a powerful story with characters that are deep and multi-faced. It is enjoyable to read, but also profound and questioning. If you know of Greek Mythology, there are Easter eggs, rediscoveries of myths.

There’s a lot here, but I don’t want to go into spoilers.

At its core, it manages to embody the power one would imagine the myths having, and nothing better can be said for a book of this kind.

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