Circe Book Review Reddit

Circe Book Review Reddit. Circe by madeline miller, a retelling of greek myth focused on that mysterious witch from the odyssey, who turns men into pigs. Mocked by her far more majestic family, circe is a kind of titanic jane eyre, sensitive and.

I felt a stronger connection with circe herself than i did with patroclus in the song of achilles and for that reason this is my favourite of the two books, but i do think if you enjoy one of them you’ll probably enjoy the other. Madeline miller’s story embellishes on the legend of circe from greek mythology. I stayed up until four a.m.

In the house of helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the titans, a daughter is born.

I’ve finally read the goodreads readers’ choice best fantasy book of 2018: The greeks attributed both good times and misfortune to the whims of the gods. In homer’s in the odyssey, odysseus encounters her on the island of aeaea where she is villainously doling out dangerous potions and turning. Circe is the second novel from madeline miller.