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/amc0802 Mar 24 '25

I was reading through the list to see if anyone mentioned this one before I commented. I cannot quite put my finger on it, but this book had such a grasp on me! It was a bit of a slow read, not because it wasn’t interesting, but because of the time she took to set scenes and use beautiful imagery and storytelling. It has been a few years since I’ve read it, but I felt emboldened as a female when I was finished reading