“Circe” is the goat of goats for me, and it drives me NUTS when it’s used as a comp for every dang mythology-adjacent book. I did enjoy “Clytemnestra”, “Ithaca” by Claire North, and Natalie Hayne’s “A Thousand Ships”, but Madeline Miller is in a league of her own. Maybe I’m relieved that the show never happened? I can’t imagine anything living up to the quality of the book.
I want more really good books in this genre, but so many of them are meh.
Please allow me to chime in and agree with you on the satisfaction these alternative perspectives have delivered for me! I also really enjoyed Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, and Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
LOVED song of achilles, I'm sure it'll show up in a post sometime. Stone Blind for me fell short, because Medusa was barely a character! So many more pages were taken up by peripheral characters which made me cranky.
Your point is well taken. As a person with minimal Greek myth knowledge, I enjoyed the larger scope and felt like I got a better sense of the “universe” we were in. This was a listen, which may have also helped.
“Flimsier than a Forever 21 dress” is being added to my regular speech.
I’ve been avoiding Circe because of the hype! It’s good to know it lives up to it and I should give it a try. Bull also looks very intriguing.
Just have to say how glad I am that more and more people are taking the time to recognize the important roles of women throughout both story and history. So thankful for this growth in storytelling while raising a daughter to love reading.
I really think it is hype worthy, lemme know what you think! Yes, completely! I've gravitated towards these stories almost without really realizing it, and the act of assembling and writing the newsletters has shown me my interests like to myself somehow.
Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed is on my list, I think it would fit nicely into this genre...finally Shaherazade told through the lens of a woman. Also, you give new meaning to footnotes. I ❤️ your footnotes!
“Circe” is the goat of goats for me, and it drives me NUTS when it’s used as a comp for every dang mythology-adjacent book. I did enjoy “Clytemnestra”, “Ithaca” by Claire North, and Natalie Hayne’s “A Thousand Ships”, but Madeline Miller is in a league of her own. Maybe I’m relieved that the show never happened? I can’t imagine anything living up to the quality of the book.
I want more really good books in this genre, but so many of them are meh.
#hivemind #samesame
I've got Clytemnestra on hold right now, and Ithaca languishing on my shelf so mayhaps they'll be on pt2!
Please allow me to chime in and agree with you on the satisfaction these alternative perspectives have delivered for me! I also really enjoyed Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, and Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Yes! Always allow a chime in, most encouraged!
LOVED song of achilles, I'm sure it'll show up in a post sometime. Stone Blind for me fell short, because Medusa was barely a character! So many more pages were taken up by peripheral characters which made me cranky.
Your point is well taken. As a person with minimal Greek myth knowledge, I enjoyed the larger scope and felt like I got a better sense of the “universe” we were in. This was a listen, which may have also helped.
Totally, I'm all about that.
“Flimsier than a Forever 21 dress” is being added to my regular speech.
I’ve been avoiding Circe because of the hype! It’s good to know it lives up to it and I should give it a try. Bull also looks very intriguing.
Just have to say how glad I am that more and more people are taking the time to recognize the important roles of women throughout both story and history. So thankful for this growth in storytelling while raising a daughter to love reading.
I really think it is hype worthy, lemme know what you think! Yes, completely! I've gravitated towards these stories almost without really realizing it, and the act of assembling and writing the newsletters has shown me my interests like to myself somehow.
Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed is on my list, I think it would fit nicely into this genre...finally Shaherazade told through the lens of a woman. Also, you give new meaning to footnotes. I ❤️ your footnotes!
heh thanks! I'll have to check that one out!
I read a fun YA version of Shaherazade with a female narrator a while back. The Wrath and The Dawn: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18798983-the-wrath-and-the-dawn
But I didn't care for the sequel as much.