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I read the first 30 pages of this several weeks ago, and read the last 350 in one night so I could talk about it on the podcast the next day (so stay tuned for that longer discussion!) Miller's writing pulls me through, it's so sensory, including smells. The way she uses metaphor doesn't make me gag, and there are these moments where all of the sudden these philosophical comments happen and I'd have to stop a second. I enjoyed the myths from Circe's point of view, and going along the thought exp
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Madeline Miller creates a fully fleshed-out first-person voice for Circe, bringing us into well-known myths and incidents from The Odyssey from her vantage point. Circe, although immortal, is on the lower rungs of the godling pecking-order, as the daughter of a Titan and a nymph, and a lot of novel's strength lies in her journey of navigating the whims and cruel (both to immortals of her status and especially to lowly mortals) power structures of the stronger deities whom she starts out in awe o
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I really do enjoy Miler's books. This book sucked me in right away with the cover. I saw it and couldn't stop thinking about it! I found out that there was a prequel to this book (which really isn't a prequel after all) and so I picked up that book. It's called Song of Achilles and is such a great book! Unfortunately, I didn't think this book was as good as that one. This one was much slower. We get to follow Circe's journey through life but most of the time she's on an island and characters hav
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6 out of 5 stars. A masterpiece. I listened to the audiobook read by Perdita Weeks, and it was perfection. Miller is a genius who brings the myth to life, rounds it out, and delivers a riveting story. I can't praise this enough, and I look forward to reading her first Homeric book, The Song of Achilles.
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I read this book in an effort to branch into a new genre. I thought it was very well done but have decided Greek Mythology is not for me.
Great. Beautifully written.
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