shelbyfayy 's review for:

Circe by Madeline Miller

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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I greatly enjoyed this, don't let my rating fool you. It's just that coming on the heels of the emotional devastation that The Song of Achilles wrought in me, this just didn't hit as hard. It was still absolutely delectable, as are all my heavy-hitting feminist Greek mythology retellings are. I love Circe, I love the ending she made for herself after an entire life spent struggling under a patriarchal unending society, and I was only slightly icked by who she ended up with. This is Greek mythology after all. What's an enduring, world-bending love between friends and their sons' half-brothers, right?