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jwkingsley's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely loved loved loved this!!! I’ve read a lot of Nikita Gill and enjoy her writing a lot but this was different and amazing and I highly recommend it!
mappyboi431's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This was really interesting and I like the illustrations.
iamnottrisha's review against another edition
4.0
This is only the second book I’ve read that’s been written in verse. And I’m starting to love it. I Discovered Nikitas poetry a few months ago and absolutely loved it.
This book was beautiful and heartbreaking at times. I found myself wanting to comfort the main character so often. It took a lot of concentration to grasp the Hindu religion and culture, but over all it was refreshing to read about something i had no knowledge of.
This book was beautiful and heartbreaking at times. I found myself wanting to comfort the main character so often. It took a lot of concentration to grasp the Hindu religion and culture, but over all it was refreshing to read about something i had no knowledge of.
hannahgurne's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
nemesislore's review against another edition
5.0
This fusion of fiction and poetry genuinely could not have been done better. I did not realize what I was getting into, and I got absolutely hooked. Through roughly one poem per page, Nikita Gill chronologically tells the story of Paro, a young girl in India whose life was divided by Partition and follows her through visits from goddesses and gods as she ages into young adulthood. She faces struggles that are absolutely relatable today, and learns lessons about femininity from her mother and the goddesses that will be hanging out in my brain for a while as I process them. I don't say this lightly: I'm pretty sure this is my new all-time favorite book.
savannahcriswell's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
4.5
kendragaylelee's review against another edition
5.0
The Girl and the Goddess is pure magic.
Narrative in nature, the poems take the reader through Paro's girlhood all the way through university. Powerful, evocative, mystical. The poetry is interspersed with retellings of Hindu myths--written to speak directly to pivotal moments in Paro's journey to womanhood.
The Girl and the Goddess was an impulse buy at an indie bookstore (I buy something at each indie I visit), and I've been incredibly grateful for that impulse. It feels like the perfect gift for a teenaged girl--not because it's "inspirational" (ew.) but because it has real substance and speaks to the points both brilliant and wrenching that make up womanhood. But, hell, it was also the perfect gift to me from myself--because I felt seen and nurtured by the stories. Because The Girl and the Goddess helped me remember some of the more universal truths about growing up (especially growing up queer). And it is always restorative to be brought back to who you are.
I can't say enough good things about this one. Buy it. Gift it. Read & re-read it. This is definitely one for your bookshelf.
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Narrative in nature, the poems take the reader through Paro's girlhood all the way through university. Powerful, evocative, mystical. The poetry is interspersed with retellings of Hindu myths--written to speak directly to pivotal moments in Paro's journey to womanhood.
The Girl and the Goddess was an impulse buy at an indie bookstore (I buy something at each indie I visit), and I've been incredibly grateful for that impulse. It feels like the perfect gift for a teenaged girl--not because it's "inspirational" (ew.) but because it has real substance and speaks to the points both brilliant and wrenching that make up womanhood. But, hell, it was also the perfect gift to me from myself--because I felt seen and nurtured by the stories. Because The Girl and the Goddess helped me remember some of the more universal truths about growing up (especially growing up queer). And it is always restorative to be brought back to who you are.
I can't say enough good things about this one. Buy it. Gift it. Read & re-read it. This is definitely one for your bookshelf.
Support Bookish & buy The Girl and the Goddess here: https://bookshop.org/a/4334/9780593085660