ellieb_reads 's review for:

Circe by Madeline Miller

3.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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I’m still stewing on this one, and perhaps still debating whether mythology-based fiction is right for me. I enjoyed Circe as a character and loved her growth over the novel (for her, thousands of years). Her loneliness is captivating, and the chapters on her early motherhood are really gutting. I would have liked the arc and the plot to be a bit stronger here, and I felt like the book dragged on in the middle. And I wanted a little more excitement around the witchcraft. But I had fun googling all the side characters who show up, and I felt satisfied by the ending. I’ll definitely be picking up Miller’s other novel sometime soon!