A review by onefineelephant
Circe by Madeline Miller

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

8/10. I am quite a fan of Greek mythology already so I knew most of the events of the story but I was still ignorant to a lot of what Circe went through before and after she met Odysseus. I quite liked that Circe is a main character that is real instead of overly likable. I also was pleased that the story went in chronological order and told events of the past as stories instead of flipping back and forth between past and present/future like in <i>The Oddyssey</i> and other classic Greek stories which made it more easily digestible. The only part I didn't care for is the ambiguous ending. 
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