Circe & The Song Of Achilles

I’ve never really been that into Greek mythology for some reason; I mean, I knew most of the Greek God’s names through one way or another, and I’ve always been a fan of the God Of War video games (the latest of which, was awesome), and have greatly enjoyed playing the board game Santorini, in which the Greek Gods give you extra advantages in the game; but I’ve never taken them time to read any books or watch many movies that tackle the whole mythology around them.

And then, a couple of months ago, while browsing through audiobooks to borrow through the CloudLibrary app, that the Oakville Public Library provides, I came across ‘Circe‘ by Madeline Miller, which I had heard quite a bit about, but wasn’t sure what to expect given the topic.
Anyway, I thought I’d give it a try, and see what all the fuss was about.

As soon as I started listening to it, I was fully blown away!
The writing style was amazing! I was immediately sucked into the story, the characters, the places, the events; I just wanted to keep going, getting deeper, following the thread of the story as it unfolded.

The narration of the audiobook, by Perdita Weeks, was great and very engaging too, and brought the book to life.

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