A review by melycp
Circe by Madeline Miller

5.0

Circe has been sitting on my Kindle since 2019 and I’m on a real mission to make it through every book I have on it. Oh should I have read this sooner. I absolutely loved this book. 

It was definitely a slow moving story and there wasn’t really a narrative to follow, but I love Greek mythology and the way in which these stories were woven together was absolutely incredible. This book is utterly poetic and even the most violent of moments are beautifully written.

I didn’t know a lot about Circe before reading this and (assuming this is true to the myths) I had no idea that she was related to the Minotaur. That was one of my favourite myths as a kid and learning about its origin was great. 

I’ve once again finished a book without making any review notes. Circe really drew me in and just couldn’t put it down. The story was so immersive and I actually quite liked that it spanned such a long amount of time. Her entire life story was told over 350 pages but not a single moment felt rushed, the pacing was slow, but moved at a good rate and I loved the open ending. 

I’m terrible at explaining why I loved a book and that’s what’s happening here. Circe was incredible and it’s a five star read for me. If you’re interested in mythology, you absolutely need to read this.

I’m now going to buy the Song of Achilles because I heard it’s just as good, if not better than Circe and I need that in my life.