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Circe by Madeline Miller
3.5
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The writing style of this book, mixed with Greek mythology made it such a beautiful read! I loved the character progression of Circe throughout this story as she navigates a doomed romance and later outcasted and targeted by the gods. The way her story intwines ever so slightly into various classic Greek mythologies stories also made for an interesting read.

There were parts of this book which read more like a series of short stories of travellers reaching her in exile - whilst I enjoyed how this pushed Circe’s character development - I preferred parts of the book where she as more of a catalyst to the plot – particularly around the very start (
turning her first love to a god
) and final 30% (
becoming a mother
).

Watching Circe become a mother and how her tenderness and protectiveness towards her son created such an interesting dynamic change to the story which I really enjoyed and really helped to re-centred the plot around her as a main character rather than as a side character to the other mythology stories.


Overall, whilst I did enjoy the story and progression of Circe – I wish we had more time dedicated to her witchery and own goals – but this is likely personal bias as I always tend to prefer more plot centred story lines over character-based books.
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