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Circe by Madeline Miller

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Circe

Madeline Miller

4.25 AVERAGE

mimila721's review against another edition

5.0
First book I really loved and connected to the MC for a while. It started off a bit slow but once I got into it I was really blown away!
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readerpammm_'s review against another edition

2.0
i expected cool, flashy, feminism, powerful stuffs in this book and i just get islands... and more islands

IT WAS OK LOL AHHAHDJAHAH i thought i will like this more than TSOA bc at first, it was so gooooood. the writing and the story, then it became so dreadful and boring so ended up liking TSOA more
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desiree_reads's review against another edition

4.5
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
4.5β˜† Review:

β€œπ‘―π’–π’Žπ’ƒπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’˜π’π’Žπ’†π’ π’”π’†π’†π’Žπ’” 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’† 𝒂 π’„π’‰π’Šπ’†π’‡ π’‘π’‚π’”π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒔. 𝑨𝒔 π’Šπ’‡ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 π’”π’•π’π’“π’š 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 π’˜π’† π’„π’“π’‚π’˜π’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’†π’†π’‘.”

Madeline Miller, you can do no wrong. 

I loved Circe’s story.

P.S. Since The Song of Achilles is one of my favorite books, I feel obligated to leave these two here so I can return to reread them when I please: 

β€œπ‘Ύπ’‰π’†π’ 𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” π’ˆπ’π’π’†, π’˜π’π’–π’π’… 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π‘¨π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’π’†π’”, π’˜π’‚π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔? 𝑰 π’•π’“π’Šπ’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 π’‘π’Šπ’„π’•π’–π’“π’† π’Žπ’šπ’”π’†π’π’‡ π’“π’–π’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’…π’π’˜π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, π’•π’†π’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂𝒕 π’Žπ’š π’‰π’‚π’Šπ’“, π’„π’“π’‚π’…π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’”π’π’Žπ’† 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒍𝒅 π’•π’–π’π’Šπ’„ 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 π’ƒπ’†π’‰π’Šπ’π’…. π‘ͺπ’“π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 π’Žπ’š 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍.”

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’†π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’‰π’Šπ’Ž π’…π’Šπ’†π’…, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Žπ’π’“π’† π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’–π’π’• 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. […]
β€œπ‘Ύπ’‰π’‚π’• π’˜π’‚π’” π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕?”
β€œπ‘―π’Šπ’” 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’…π’β€™π’• π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’Žπ’† π’Žπ’–π’„π’‰, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’π’… 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐. π‘¨π’„π’‰π’Šπ’π’π’†π’” π’˜π’†π’π’• π’Žπ’‚π’… π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝒉𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’†π’…; π’π’†π’‚π’“π’π’š π’Žπ’‚π’…, π’‚π’π’šπ’˜π’‚π’š.”

boomt's review against another edition

5.0
Miller has woven a beautiful narrative out of the fragmentary tales of Greek and Roman mythology. She brings a modern psychological sensibility to draw out the yearnings, joys, and sufferings of the characters while staying largely true to the mythology. Other reviewers have said her Song of Achilles is even better. I'm adding it to my list.
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baibake's review against another edition

3.5
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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anaaamaria's review against another edition

4.0
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anncale's review against another edition

4.0
Beautifully writing. I liked the way it followed her life. I did not like how bitter she became, how old (mentally). While I understand why, I wished for her to be able to find happiness. Even in the end, I did not feel like it was a real happy ending. I had wished that the book had been a more positive one. This is most likely my own fault as it is Greek methodology, which is usually tragic. Further, there were some inconsistencies. Why would she make a random lover (Glaucos) into a god but then not her son?
The book had its lengths. I wish the beautiful writing had continued to paint a more positive, stronger story. It got a little lost in the tragedy that every second seemed to be for her.
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readingrara's review against another edition

2.0
A sprawling story of mythology that simply wasn't my cup of tea.
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brookemzlibrary's review against another edition

4.0
Circe by Madeline Miller

We are back with the Greek retellings!! I loved The Song of Achilles so I thought I’d read her next most popular book, Circe.

One thing I felt was lacking in The Song of Achilles was that the female characters didn’t have enough to do and didn’t have much agency. This book is very different. Women get many different representations but they lead this story. Our protagonist, Circe, is a compelling character who has been disregarded all her life. Her growth and character arc very much comes from her own strength as she spends time to develop her powers as a witch. I think that Odysseus is very well written in this book, as he is in Song of Achilles. I have only taken a star off of this rating because I didn’t like the ending. I’m aware that’s how it happened in the original story, but I still dislike it here, despite Miller’s attempts to make it better. Regardless of that, Circe is a wonderful read and fantastic retelling. Miller’s writing is beautiful and concise, layered with rich imagery that is the thing of myth. I’d definitely pick this up.
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marit_'s review against another edition

3.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Enjoyable read. I’ve read better re-tellings, but this was still a nice tale about Circe, the things she did and the people she met.