Overall8.4/10
Narration8.6/10
Production8.2/10
- Author
- Madeline Miller
- Narrator
- Perdita Weeks
- Length
- 12 hr 8 min
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
Best for: Patient listeners who love mythology and beautiful sentences.
Weeks starts Circe young and uncertain and lets her settle into something lower and steadier by the final third. It is subtle enough that you notice it only when you jump back to an early chapter.
The gods are voiced with a slight coolness rather than grand theatrics, which keeps the focus on the narrator's inner life.
Some listeners may find the even pace too calm in the action passages.
What we loved
- ✓Voice ages beautifully across centuries
- ✓Lyrical prose read with care
- ✓Calm, immersive tone
Worth knowing
- –Even pace in action scenes
- –Gods voiced with restraint
The verdict
Best for patient listeners who like to sink into prose.
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