A review by mitskacir
Circe by Madeline Miller

3.0

An interesting read, made me learn a lot about Greek mythology (I was constantly Googling the 'original' myths and comparing them to what happens in Miller's story). I would recommend this to someone who is interested in Greek mythology, and/or who enjoys classic stories reimagined/told from female perspectives. I appreciated how Miller put women at the center of stories that (often bafflingly) place males as the heroes (I particularly like her interpretation that these men are at the center of these stories because the men are the ones who are telling them - think of Odysseus and all the male bards in the The Odyssey). Overall though, I found the story a bit slow and not particularly creative.