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Madeline Miller: Circe (Hardcover, 2018, Little, Brown and Company) 4 stars

The daring, dazzling, and highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Song …

Review of 'Circe' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I can't decide if I liked this book better than Song of Achilles, although I definitely liked it a lot - I read it in pretty much one sitting.

Circe was a better narrator than Patroclus, although the book as a whole felt more like a series of vignettes with Circe as the constant between them. Patroclus' story felt more self contained, as it really only stayed within that single myth. Despite the lesser narrative focus, I think this let Miller develop Circe more fully and satisfyingly than Patroclus.