A review by aditi_801
Circe by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional informative reflective relaxing 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

5.0

I LOVE this book so much. It took me forever to read as my tbr is only growing bigger day by day but I just enjoyed it so thoroughly. Our baybe Circe was actually the sweetest and bravest. Sure she liked to turn men into pigs for a period of time but who wouldn't do the same? The stories of the people she encountered were just so entertaining. Meeting Medea, Daedalus, baby Icarus, and Ariadne were such shocks to me and I loved how Circe grew everytime she experienced more of life. The ending was also just so good. Expected but also not expected. Seeing her grow from someone who was constantly stepped on when she lived with her family to a powerful and independent woman was my favorite part. She was alone for so long, but she grew with it. This book was just so filled with life, the writing was beautiful, and I was honestly never bored. It took me a few days to read because I was annotating it but I bet I would have devoured it otherwise. This book did so much justice to Circe's character in Greek Mythology that is known as beautiful but seductress witch who decievingly turns men to pigs. The way she was displayed in Circe made her human.
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