""Miller's spell builds slowly, but by the last page you'll be in awe. If you liked the song of achilles, or normal people, you'll like this. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Despite the presence of such deities as Athena, Zeus and Perseus as well as the remaining Titans the story is essentially that of a woman finding her true self and her real place in the world. I love the Greek Myths and so I believed that it would make a great read for a holiday in Crete. "A rich and soulful novel, steeped in wanderlust and whimsy." From DC & Neil Gaiman, The Sandman arises only on Audible. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. She deserves better. ""An epic spanning thousands of years that's also a keep-you-up-all-night page turner. The author’s earlier renowned work, ‘The Song of Achilles’, was effectively a retelling of a firmly established story focussed upon an equally established and defined character. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. She laments about the ennui of the immortals, doing nothing and accomplishing nothing for eons, but when she has a chance to learn about the outside world, the mortal world, she doesn't care to try. I fell in love with Madeline Miller’s writing when I read The Song of Achilles, and I eagerly awaited the release of Circe, because I was desperate to experience the magic that is her storytelling once again. Circe's fascination with mortals becomes the book's marrow and delivers its thrilling ending. Even her magic is trivialized. Her exile for millennia on the island of Aiaia confines her to her herbs and witchcraft, transforming Odysseus' men into swine, but also concocting salves, liniments and tinctures for ailments and injuries, including her own, when two of her fingers are crunched up by the Minotaur, her nephew. she knows about rape and mortals, but then just assumes it won't happen to her.
Read 35,929 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. ""One of the most amazing qualities of this novel [is]: We know how everything here turns out - we've known it for thousands of years - and yet in Miller's lush reimagining, the story feels harrowing and unexpected. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Circe is a immortal God (Titan, not Olympian) but unlike the other Gods Circe and her siblings have something else that the world (including the Gods) fears and does not understand. The Three Theban Plays: Antigone - Oedipus the King - Oedipus at Colonus She lives for thousands of years and is naive, insipid, impulsive, and doesn't grow. Dicte, or as austere and powerful as one who can command the most potent of all the world's poisons. Based on this book, why is Circe worth immortalizing? Wow, scary.
Circe cast a spell and that was it. [Circe is] a sly, petulant, and finally commanding voice that narrates the entirety of Miller's dazzling second novel….Readers will relish following the puzzle of this unpromising daughter of the sun god Helios and his wife, Perse, who had negligible use for their child….Expect Miller's readership to mushroom like one of Circe's spells. This is Ms Miller’s second re-telling of a Homeric life - The Song of Achilles came out in 2012 - and again she writes from an excitingly original viewpoint. I loved the idea behind this book as I delved into the classics from an early age, and truly appreciated the myths and legends of ancient cultures. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born.
The scenes with Scylla are a grim delight to read, especially in the final encounter, but there is much else in this novel that goes beyond the scars and sinews of combat, and Miller's craft never skirts over the tenderness of those 'rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush near the earth'.
Please try again This book is a retelling of The Odyssey and follows the story of the witch Goddess Circe from her life living within halls of her father the Sun God and Titan Helios to her life of exile on Aiaia. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Instead, Circe is a loner, unloved by anyone. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2019 The mission of the CiRCE Institute is to support teachers and parents who want to cultivate wisdom and virtue in their students through the truths of Christian classical education. Having read ‘The Odyssey’ ages ago, I admit all I remembered of Circe was that she’d used her witchcraft to turn Odysseus’ men into swine and the speed with which she submitted to Odysseus when her magic didn’t work on him. April 9, 2018 at 12:33 PM EDT. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. That is witchcraft. Critic, Book World. This is without a doubt one of the best books that I’ve ever read!
""Miller, with her academic bona fides and born instinct for storytelling, seamlessly grafts modern concepts of selfhood and independence to her mystical reveries of smoke and silver, nectar and bones." ""Miller's lush, gold-lit novel - told from the perspective of the witch whose name in Greek has echoes of a hawk and a weaver's shuttle - paints another picture: of a fierce goddess who, yes, turns men into pigs, but only because they deserve it.
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