Circe

I read this book as being about relationships. It's interesting how a book will strike you differently based on where you're at in life at the moment you read it. I think I would have focused on entirely different themes had I read this 8 months ago.

Starts off a bit slow, but really gets going in the second half of the book, once the stage is set and you have the context behind the central conflicts in the novel.

I really loved the way Miller uses immortality, and freedom from permanent physical scars, as a means to reflect on the temporary nature of human relationships, and the permanent mental scars they leave behind. These relationships are looked at through two major lenses: parent-child, and romantic relationships. You can feel the strong, yet fearful love that the author has for the people in her life oozing out of these pages.