Circe Paperback -
by Madeline Miller
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Reviewers overwhelmingly praised Madeline Miller’s Circe for its lyrical prose, immersive worldbuilding, and fresh, character-first reframing of Greek myth. Many called it an empowering, feminist origin story that gives narrative agency to a maligned figure, with special acclaim for its nuanced exploration of power, mortality, and motherhood. Fans of mythology admired the deft weaving of familiar tales—Odysseus, Daedalus, Prometheus—into a cohesive life story, and several highlighted the audiobook narration as exceptional. Dissenters cited a slow, episodic midsection, an overabundance of mythic cameos, and a preference for plot-driven narratives, with a few readers finding its feminist angle or momentum uneven. Overall, the consensus hails Circe as a spellbinding, literary myth retelling that resonates emotionally even as its pacing divides opinion.
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- Title Circe
- Author Madeline Miller
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN 9781408890042 / 1408890046
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.73 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.85 cm)
- Reading level 660
- Category Fiction - Historical
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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