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I said come in! posted:Just finished Circe: I love Greek mythology, and this takes that and puts a new perspective and twist on it, while still remaining faithful to Homers Illiad, and the Odyssey. Seeing this fantasy setting from the perspective of a lesser god was really interesting and cool, and its just such a great story to read with very good character depth and growth. Cool, just found this one in a stack of books that ended up at my parents' house, will look forward to that. I read Call for the Dead by John Le Carré. Was looking to get into his books and this is all they had at the bookstore. A quaint, slow mystery. (Extra quaint because of the context of its time, relying on evidence of phone operators etc.). Not really good, I think; too little happens, too much of the plot is in the past, but inoffensive and enjoyable. A fun twist, though the actual ending was disappointing. I'm sure his later books live up to the reputation. Aeble fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Jan 12, 2024 |
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Circe by Madeline Miller. An enjoyable read, weaving the mythological stories into Circe's own perspective narrative. Pleasant style (though some of the descriptions became a bit too flowery and nonsensical, but hey, gods are weird). Interesting to see the feminist perspectives, too. silvergoose posted:The Left Hand of Darkness I really wonder what it is that I missed about Left Hand of Darkness. I found it fine, but nothing really remarkable. Neither the style nor content made me move towards starting on the Earthsea anthology that I bought alongside it. Maybe the hype just made me expect too much. Aeble fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Apr 14, 2024 |
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