I wanted to like this so badly and after finishing it and pondering for a few days to see what stuck with me, I finally have to accept I just didn’t love it. The pacing in this felt so off to me. It seemed like it took ages and ages for exciting things to happen, and then the excitement was over in an instant and it was back to Circe walking the island and thinking about the same problems again and again. I don’t mind a “boring” book - I can appreciate the introspection - but Circe as a character was too hard for me to love.