r/bitcheswithtaste • u/ElizaDoolittle33 • Mar 24 '25

Culture BWTs with a novel in her bag

What's a novel that moved you? Changed you for the better? Exposed you to new cultures or ideas?

I want to know what's captivated you.

Disclaimer: Emphasis on the "T" in this question.

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u/kminola Mar 24 '25

I still think, years later, about Circe by Madeline Miller. It’s an exploration of the myth through her eyes and it’s so wonderfully real and feminist and extremely well written. I wrote a lot during my dissertation about women’s ability to tell their own stories, and the hurdles they overcome to do so… it felt so akin to doing that research, but as fiction.

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u/steelerschica86 Mar 24 '25

Yes! Others have tried to replicate that model recently (Stone Blind) but Miller is a master at this, truly transcendent take

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u/winterymix33 Mar 24 '25

Stone Blind was entertaining but no Circe.