Oxford Grad Reviews Madeline Miller's Circe | Part Two: Quality of Prose

00:00 Intro 00:29 Archaic language 02:42 Obscure vocabulary 03:13 confused.com 05:36 Melodrama 07:34 Non-sequiturs 08:20 Similes 10:21 Scars 10:41 Subtext 12:46 Nitpicks 13:52 My favorite passages 14:59 Lightning round 17:39 Outro Madeline Miller's Circe is one of the most accurate pieces of fiction about Ancient Greece that I have ever read or watched. In this video, I discuss my thoughts on the quality of Miller's writing at the sentence and page level, including her similes, narrator voice, and tone. I draw comics about authentic(-ish) Greek mythology over on instagram & TikTok! insta:   / elizillo   tiktok:   / elizillo   Music: Anno Domini & Jay_You I never use AI in any part of my creative work 🌿 I do use it occasionally for things like understanding social media strategy, learning video editing techniques, etc. but never any part of the drafting stage or the final product for my videos or posts.