A review by danigc
Circe by Madeline Miller

4.25

Each chapter is full of beautiful, poetic descriptions of jealous, petty nature gods. And of a bullied lesser divinity, not immune to the same compulsions, but curious with a desire to learn, see, and do better. A retelling of ancient stories, great for a reader familiar with the old tales or not. Miller spins novelty into them, yet she still leans on several tired tropes and cliches in moments that break immersion. The romance scenes seem to be written by an extremely pedantic 15-yr old, enamored by any puff of wind. 
As a Greek mythos fan, I rate it highly. It is no easy thing to take centuries worth of scattered stories and apply such coherency and focus.