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Circe by Madeline Miller
5.0

I absolutely love being immersed in these old worlds. I don't have a lot of background knowledge in Greek myths though I know the big stories, but I love the deep dive Miller does on minor characters. Reading her novels makes me want to pick up the Iliad or Odyssey again, not trudge through it like I did in high school.

This novelization of the goddess Circe (which, I must embarassingly admit I was pronouncing "Sirk" in my head while I read, and close to the end of the novel I googled it and nope, it's "Sir-see" or "Kir-see" woops) was full of gorgeous prose and I related to it on so many levels.

Bravo, Miller. What's next??