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Survival is ugly. Healing is messy. Self-love is compliment. It is your hardest days as much as your best days that help you grow. All of this is part of being human.

oh, wow. Okey, aku memang sudah mengira buku ini akan memukau diriku, tapi wow, aku tak menyangka ternyata sebagusss ituuu.

Awalnya kupikir buku ini berisi kumpulan puisi dan cerpen hehe, tapi ternyata lebih ke verse-novel yaa.

What I like
1. A Stories About Goddess
Selain puisi yang dimuat ada juga cerita tentang dewi-dewi sejumlah 6 cerita. Setiap cerita dikisahkan dari sudut pandang Sang Dewi yang mana mengungkapkan bagaimana 'kisah sebenarnya'. Setiap Dewi juga memiliki karakter yang kuat dan menunjukkan bahwa perempuan tidak selamanya mengambil peran yang butuh pertolongan laki-laki, namun sebaliknya. Cerita favoritku tentang Drupadi.

2. Character Develompment and Plot
Awalnya mungkin Pero terlihat sebagai sosok yang kurang percaya diri yang sering meragukan dirinya sendiri, namun perlahan berkembangnya alur Pero berhasil menemukan jati dirinya dan bisa menerima dirinya apa adanya. Dan untuk jalan cerita yang dibangun pun realistis dan tidak tergesa-gesa.

3. Issues
DBanyak sekali isu sosial yang diangkat dalam buku ini. Terutama masalah SARA dan budaya patriarki.

Aku ingin sekali lebih banyak pembaca yang membaca buku ini!

jenlyon630's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

elyse12's review

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

h_bdy's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

diaday333's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

katherinechase's review

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2.0

Gil’s most recent volume of poetry and stories fell flat: I expected a growth in her work, a new perspective, a more specific microcosm of feminism. I find it hard to review poetry based on a persons experiences, but good poetry takes those experiences and uses them to do something. Gil’s first two volumes of feminist interpretations of fairytales and subsequently Greek mythology were a fresh and welcome alternative to the patriarchal and masculine originals. However, her subject for this volume—a girl from Kashmiri who struggles with the trauma and tragedy of partition, sexual abuse, and her sexual identity—was not adequately and justly represented. The lack of growth in Gil’s writing unfairly relegated Paro, her protagonist, one more feminist character in Gil’s oeuvre. I am disappointed because I feel that Gil has potential, but rather than focus on honing her craft and expanding the possibilities of her writing, she recycled the same characters, themes, and ideas in every volume. Other than the story, her newest collection seems prescriptive and repetitive. I truly enjoyed her “Fierce Fairytales” and “Gods and Goddesses,” but I expected more from a third book: she is a great feminist and storyteller, but as far as this volume is concerned, not a great writer.

leslie_c's review

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emotional inspiring reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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