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"Not all gods are born.
Plenty of us rise."

I read this entire collection of poetry in one sitting and absolutely fell in love with it. It read like one woman's diary and their experiences in life and society as a female. Readers are faced with discussions on many topics from gender, sexuality, love and hate to abuse and violence.

This was a wonderful and eye opening collection of not only poetry, but art. It was such a beautiful scrapbook of works which invoke so many emotions in the reader. I heavily recommend this to everyone!

"I stand in awe of your survival"

katephobic's review against another edition

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3.0

This poetry collection aimed to focus on how knowing Aphrodite can heal the wounded feminine and get over trauma, caused by a breakup, internalized homophobia, or SA, all things that the author expressed familiarity with. Something unique about this book is the art in it. There was lots of drawings and writings over pictures, which was a nice idea, but a lot of came off as corny and cheap. However, there are some gems in here, such as “Miscellaneous Thoughts on Love”. I resonated with the theme that love can cause more harm than good when the people involved are not happy with themselves. Unfortunately, the rest of the book was written in that stupid new age poetry style- sorry
If I
Sound like
A
Boomer

rainsailler's review against another edition

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3.0

This is the first book that I read under Trista Mateer, and I'll make sure to read the rest of them. I picked this up to get out of my reading slump and it seriously helped me (you cannot go wrong in choosing poetries when you're unmotivated lol). The subjects of this book are sensitive, but the author made it bearable; they made it more comfortable to dive into. I loved the entries written in Aphrodite's pov. It made me want to read a book related to the goddess. I adore the mixture of the standard and contemporary poetry structures (though most of them are written in modern style). It is the kind of book that I would recommend to readers who want a quick read.

nicolembradbury's review against another edition

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3.0

i feel like this would be a lovely book for a friend who is going through a breakup/reprocessing of trauma to flip through. not the most jaw dropping language, but i left feeling empowered and validated. i want to say this is the "milk & honey" for queer women.

saracox's review

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4.0

I was really surprised by this book. It's a collection of poetry, prose and inspirational artwork. I was really drawn in to the first collection, written as if by Aphrodite herself. The following collections were more personal and hit so many chords for me - they are about being a woman, about worries, about abuse, about relationships with other people, about relationships with yourself and about sexuality. A lot in there was so truthful and raw. Things that need to be said. I actually feel lighter for reading them, as if they have enabled me to let go parts of myself that weighed me down. I would usually turn away from books like this, but I'm glad that I managed to get a copy and read it.

stine_0's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

allycat23's review

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dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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