Review of "Circe" by Madeline Miller

Enjoyable classical-tale retelling. As far as I knew Circe was only a walk-on part in The Odyssey, though it turns out (thank Wikipedia) that her story has been re-told and embellished for a long time. Madeline Miller demonstrates that there is a point to a classical education, and manages to convey what it's like to be immortal and a god...even the rather weedy sort of god/ess that Circe is. 

Occasionally it felt a bit too long, but the ending made up for that.