Circe
By Madeline Miller
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 8/10
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
(8/10)
385 pages
What’s it about?
Helios is the powerful god of the sun. He takes the nymph Perse for a wife and their first daughter Circe is born soon after. She is a strange child and struggles in this world of gods. This is Circe’s story- told by Madeline Miller.
What did it make me think about?
This made me think about a Greek Mythology class I took at the University of Illinois a very long time ago. Professor Scanlon would have loved this book! I really do need to tackle “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” one day. Maybe later….Should I read it?
So, earlier Madeline Miller wrote a runaway bestseller titled “The Song of Achilles” which I was just not interested in reading. I did not realize that Circe was another novel from this same author. Since it arrived in my library hold stack I decided to give it a try. So glad I did! This was so different than any book I have read recently. The characters are all taken from Greek mythology and twisted into a story that is fast paced and interesting. I recommend this one.
Quote-
“That is one thing gods a mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
What’s it about?
Helios is the powerful god of the sun. He takes the nymph Perse for a wife and their first daughter Circe is born soon after. She is a strange child and struggles in this world of gods. This is Circe’s story- told by Madeline Miller.
What did it make me think about?
This made me think about a Greek Mythology class I took at the University of Illinois a very long time ago. Professor Scanlon would have loved this book! I really do need to tackle “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” one day. Maybe later….Should I read it?
So, earlier Madeline Miller wrote a runaway bestseller titled “The Song of Achilles” which I was just not interested in reading. I did not realize that Circe was another novel from this same author. Since it arrived in my library hold stack I decided to give it a try. So glad I did! This was so different than any book I have read recently. The characters are all taken from Greek mythology and twisted into a story that is fast paced and interesting. I recommend this one.
Helios is the powerful god of the sun. He takes the nymph Perse for a wife and their first daughter Circe is born soon after. She is a strange child and struggles in this world of gods. This is Circe’s story- told by Madeline Miller.
What did it make me think about?
This made me think about a Greek Mythology class I took at the University of Illinois a very long time ago. Professor Scanlon would have loved this book! I really do need to tackle “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” one day. Maybe later….Should I read it?
So, earlier Madeline Miller wrote a runaway bestseller titled “The Song of Achilles” which I was just not interested in reading. I did not realize that Circe was another novel from this same author. Since it arrived in my library hold stack I decided to give it a try. So glad I did! This was so different than any book I have read recently. The characters are all taken from Greek mythology and twisted into a story that is fast paced and interesting. I recommend this one.
Quote-
“That is one thing gods a mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
