A review by nemesislore
The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill

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.