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s_catsplat 's review for:
Circe
by Madeline Miller
wow! i regret that i was not a reader of the percy jackson series when i was younger, because this book taught me how modern retellings of mythology can really help one understand it. otherwise, i feel like i have to put in a concentrated effort to memorise names, heroic deeds and acts of spite, whereas now the tales of scylla, pasiphaë and aeëtes (amongst many others) are ingrained in my mind through miller's beautiful prose and the imagery it conjured.
her writing was so beautiful, and i really tried to savour every sentence. the part that stuck with me most was when circe spoke to prometheus, before he was taken to the caucusus. such beauty and dignity in face of the gods' wrath.
'how do they bear it?' 'as best they can'
below are some sentences that are not properly linked to one another, as i am typing with one hand and it is hindering the flow of my thoughts (i got stung by one of my dad's bees on my left hand).
the idea of transformation was very poignant, and the ending felt perfect. i felt anger at the violent, entitled men, the swine, and felt the violation and helplessness of circe. she wasn't perfect, but i admired her self-awareness. her brief romance with daedalus was beautiful - i could only dream of a love with someone who can create such wonders, who has such an intelligent mind (and such dextrous hands!) i read in other reviews that people weren't fans of the ending with telegonus and circe together, but it is greek mythology, and anyway, i had felt myself rooting for them. i'm glad she found peace. i feel the book also conveyed to me some of what it must feel to exist for eternity. peace, but also boredom. no wonder the gods got so frisky.
her writing was so beautiful, and i really tried to savour every sentence. the part that stuck with me most was when circe spoke to prometheus, before he was taken to the caucusus. such beauty and dignity in face of the gods' wrath.
'how do they bear it?' 'as best they can'
below are some sentences that are not properly linked to one another, as i am typing with one hand and it is hindering the flow of my thoughts (i got stung by one of my dad's bees on my left hand).
the idea of transformation was very poignant, and the ending felt perfect. i felt anger at the violent, entitled men, the swine, and felt the violation and helplessness of circe. she wasn't perfect, but i admired her self-awareness. her brief romance with daedalus was beautiful - i could only dream of a love with someone who can create such wonders, who has such an intelligent mind (and such dextrous hands!) i read in other reviews that people weren't fans of the ending with telegonus and circe together, but it is greek mythology, and anyway, i had felt myself rooting for them. i'm glad she found peace. i feel the book also conveyed to me some of what it must feel to exist for eternity. peace, but also boredom. no wonder the gods got so frisky.