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A review by kylieqrada
Circe by Madeline Miller
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
For some reason, Circe is defying my admittedly meager reviewing skills. I really, really did enjoy this book! I have nothing negative to say about it. It is the feminist retelling of Greek mythology that we need and I am here for it. Madeline Miller's writing is, as always, stunning, and her characters are beautiful and complex. I especially loved this dialogue from near the end:
"'If it is so,' I said, 'it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.'
'Yet at least what you loved, you fought for.'
'That is not always a blessing. I must tell you, all my last is like today, monsters and horrors no one wants to hear.'
He held my faze. Something about him then reminded me strangely of Trygon. An unearthly, quiet patience.
'I want to hear,' he said.'"
I just have this sneaking suspicion that, for all that I enjoyed it, this one won't stick in my head the way that some books do. There's just something missing for me. That unnamed quality that makes a book perfection. However, if Circe sticks around in my head and proves me wrong, I'll come back and change this to a 5 ⭐.
"'If it is so,' I said, 'it is only because I have been fool enough for a hundred lifetimes.'
'Yet at least what you loved, you fought for.'
'That is not always a blessing. I must tell you, all my last is like today, monsters and horrors no one wants to hear.'
He held my faze. Something about him then reminded me strangely of Trygon. An unearthly, quiet patience.
'I want to hear,' he said.'"
I just have this sneaking suspicion that, for all that I enjoyed it, this one won't stick in my head the way that some books do. There's just something missing for me. That unnamed quality that makes a book perfection. However, if Circe sticks around in my head and proves me wrong, I'll come back and change this to a 5 ⭐.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Infidelity, Incest, Gore, Medical trauma, and Blood
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault