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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth
by Natalie Haynes
There's just a personal way that Natalie talks about these deities. Like they're her friends and she knows them well. I guess she does, in some way, but she has so much respect in her tone when she talks about them. Like they're looking over her shoulder while she's writing about them. It was beautiful to listen to. Each section was dedicated to a different mythical female deity and I think my favorite was the section over Hera.
There's so much hate that Hera gets, and I loved her defense of her. You can tell that she loves Hera with all her heart and truly believes that she's done next to nothing to deserve the hate she gets. I think my absolute favorite parts of each section was when she broke down the reasons that a deity had done what they did. Why TRULY did Athena turn Arachne into a spider? Why did Hera punish Heracules so? Each action she gives a reasonable and well defended answer and I loved each one.
Each Goddess was well respected and well explained and this book was very entertaining and informational.
There's so much hate that Hera gets, and I loved her defense of her. You can tell that she loves Hera with all her heart and truly believes that she's done next to nothing to deserve the hate she gets. I think my absolute favorite parts of each section was when she broke down the reasons that a deity had done what they did. Why TRULY did Athena turn Arachne into a spider? Why did Hera punish Heracules so? Each action she gives a reasonable and well defended answer and I loved each one.
Each Goddess was well respected and well explained and this book was very entertaining and informational.