Circe

Executive Summary: This was a well-written book that was totally not for me. 2.5 Stars

Audiobook: Perdita Weeks did a really good job with the narration, and I'd probably never have finished this book if I did the text instead of the audio.

Full Review
This book wasn't on my radar, but it was chosen for Sword & Laser in June. I had an inkling it wouldn't be for me, and thankfully I was able to get the audio from the library.

I liked Circe as a character. For the most part. I certainly liked Circe at the end of the book far more than the start. There was some good character development as a result.

I've never been a big fan of Mythology of any kind. I've enjoyed some fantasy series that have leverage Mythology, but apart from studying it back in school, I don't know a lot about it. I suspect for people who do like Greek/Roman mythology there is a lot to enjoy/geek out about here.

Apparently if I had, I'd recalled just how awful all the gods were. To each other. To humans. To pretty much everyone. I don't really want to read a book about a bunch of assholes. I get enough of that in the daily news.

I found parts of this very hard to read. It was just very depressing. I needed a palette cleanser afterwards. I did find the ending a lot more enjoyable (the last 10-15% maybe?). It was also very well written. For those reasons I rounded up to a 3 from a 2.5.

I can understand why some people really enjoyed the book, it just wasn't for me.