Loved Circe!

Oh god I will not be able to handle the Discourse on that

Guys, I’m not even saying the book is going to be good or bad, just that the discussion around it is going to be exhausting.

You’ll love Circe! Miller is a great writer. So fun yet so moving.

If you're a fan of the feminist restored voice that Miller does in Circe, I find Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad to be a good one as well. As the name suggests, tells the story of Penelope's life and gives us her perspective of the events of the Iliad and Odyssey and beyond.

Circe is one of my favorite books ever! I also just finished Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, and gave that a 5 as well. If you end up liking Circe, Kaikeyi would be right up your alley! Seriously wonderful books.

Circe is the far superior book imo

I liked Circe more, it was more concrete, more in the world.

The medium is the message.

Oh no! That's awful. I was really excited for her next book.

Circe is wonderful!

If you want another perspective I’d recommend The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. I read it immediately after SoA and I appreciated that I did. It’s much a more brutal retelling that isn’t as romanticized as SoA is and it really grounds your view of the story. I recently read Circe too and I really liked it!

It's amazing, especially if you are LGBT.

I've heard that it can be uninteresting to people not involved in the community, but i absolutely loved it.

Ummm Oprah interviewed a vast amount of diverse people and her book recommendations didn’t come from trends but came from recommendations from a big diverse group of people

TikTok books are like garbage reads for bored housewives

Or so you think. You can never move on from The Song of Achilles. It stays with you forever

Didn’t realize they were the same author! I have Circe and I’m planning to read it soon- I’ll have to get SoA!!

Thanks!! Book is now in my queue! I read Ovid in my early 20s. I am so looking forward to this. Thanks again.

OMG I LOVED SONG IF ACHILLES. It is on my shelf right next to they both die at the end I love them so much! Let me know what you think of Circe I’m interested as well. I’d love to hear your thoughts

If you like this kind of book, I recommend Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel.

Retelling of an old Indian story from the perspective of the woman

This is almost helpful, but the opinion poll is so small. 4 up votes? Where's the power of mass? Sigh

It will give you a decent footing, and you'll probably recognize many of the various deities and monsters. But you might want to read with your phone handy to look up some of the minor characters.

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/wiki/faq#wiki_1._how_do_i_get_into_reading.3F_how_do_i_read_more.3F

Details here. Sounds really rough.

Anyone who thinks long covid is a joke (not you) should consider what possible reason a best-selling author of critically acclaimed literature would have for pretending to be very ill.

https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/madeline-miller-long-covid-struggle-rcna53499

SoA was such a fantastic read! Beautifully written indeed; it’s not everyday that a book makes me sob like this one did. Madeline Miller is an outstanding writer. I need to pick up Circe soon! I live for Greek mythology retellings.

I didn't know that, what a shame. I believe she revealed on Instagram a while ago that she's working on a Persephone retelling, which I'm really excited about. I hope she's been able to make progress on it.

Edit: Just want to clarify that I'm not simply hoping she's been able to make progress on the novel purely for my own benefit, although I am looking forward to the book, but because I imagine it being extremely demoralizing not being able to make progress due to chronic health issues sapping all of your energy. I always find it really tragic when the body can't follow the mind, if that makes sense.

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