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A review by daiinty
Circe by Madeline Miller
5.0
“He does not mean that it does not hurt. He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. That is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.” – Madeline Miller
i absolutely love how miller is able to breathe new life into such established myths. i think that will always be my favorite thing about mythology re-tellings: the newfound intimacy i feel with the character it explores. i just read the odyssey again last year, and seeing events through circe’s eyes — pre- and post-odyssey — had me fall deeply in love with this minor goddess.
i absolutely love how miller is able to breathe new life into such established myths. i think that will always be my favorite thing about mythology re-tellings: the newfound intimacy i feel with the character it explores. i just read the odyssey again last year, and seeing events through circe’s eyes — pre- and post-odyssey — had me fall deeply in love with this minor goddess.