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After reading "The Song of Achilles," I moped around for a bit and then I picked up "Circe," which has a different feel all together, although it uses the same idea: take an obscure figure and give her a voice. Circe is a fascinating character. She’s wild — feral, almost — and she’s a true witch. She does as much evil as she does good, but in the end, she wants to do right by those she loves. —Malarie Gokey, Insider Picks guides editor
I got this book sent to me as a Book of the Month hardcover, but I wish I had chosen it myself. It’s a grown-up, fleshed-out retelling of the Greek myths you most loved in childhood. Circe, one of the most infamous female figures in the Odyssey, is remade by a masterful contemporary storyteller, Madeline Miller. I didn’t think I’d get to experience the same excitement, suspense, and can’t-put-it-down feeling as I did as a kid with a great book, but "Circe" is an epic that I was excited to get home to. —Mara Leighton, Insider Picks reporter