Circe by Madeline Miller review by Fiction Reading Boy
"ℌ𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫, 𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔱 𝔪𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔫𝔢." Qᴏᴛᴅ: ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴀᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʀᴇᴀᴅ? ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ʙᴏᴏᴋ? ꜱʜᴏʀᴛʟɪꜱᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ'ꜱ ᴘʀɪᴢᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ 'ᴄɪʀᴄᴇ' ɪꜱ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ. ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀʟʟ, ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ 'ᴍᴀᴅᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴍɪʟʟᴇʀ' ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ꜱᴋɪʟʟ. ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ. ɪ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ ɪᴍᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ. ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴄɪʀᴄᴇ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟɪᴏꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴛᴄʜ ᴏꜰ ᴀɪᴀɪᴀ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛᴇꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴏꜰ ᴄɪʀᴄᴇ. ᴡᴇ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴅᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟɴᴇꜱꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏᴡ ꜱʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ɪɴ ꜱᴘɪᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍɪꜱᴇʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀɪᴇꜰ ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ...