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A review by adelphiereads
Circe by Madeline Miller
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book has proven once again that whenever men see a woman that's not submissive to them, they label them as a witch, to be feared but also to be considered as a disgrace and should be outcasted from the society. Circe's story did not just reveal the misogyny of the Greek mythology but of the world we live in today as well. Removing the magical elements of her story, we, as women, would be able to see our story in hers.
Like Circe most of us women spent the better half of our life trying to impress our fathers only for them to disappoint us, hurt us or abandon us in the end. And what our fathers did to us as girls would most certainly lead the terrible string of events concerning other men in our lives. We tried to see the best in men, only for them to use our kindness to their advantage and take all that is pure and innocent within us. Circe spent hundreds of years living in fear, sorrow, and pain like all women of today. And I think that's what makes this novel beautiful and important for everyone to read. I know the story of Circe is a common tale, something already written in Greek mythology but Madeline Miller told it in such a way that the readers could relate to it, could find their own story written in the pages.
I love the character development of Circe throughout the book. And the fact that she found her The One after years of pain and hardship. She deserved it. All I can say is Circe is a QUEEN. She doesn't deserve the hate for being a "witch that turned men to pigs", after all she did only turn them to their true self.
Like Circe most of us women spent the better half of our life trying to impress our fathers only for them to disappoint us, hurt us or abandon us in the end. And what our fathers did to us as girls would most certainly lead the terrible string of events concerning other men in our lives. We tried to see the best in men, only for them to use our kindness to their advantage and take all that is pure and innocent within us. Circe spent hundreds of years living in fear, sorrow, and pain like all women of today. And I think that's what makes this novel beautiful and important for everyone to read. I know the story of Circe is a common tale, something already written in Greek mythology but Madeline Miller told it in such a way that the readers could relate to it, could find their own story written in the pages.
I love the character development of Circe throughout the book. And the fact that she found her The One after years of pain and hardship. She deserved it. All I can say is Circe is a QUEEN. She doesn't deserve the hate for being a "witch that turned men to pigs", after all she did only turn them to their true self.