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A review by labyrinth_witch
Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I love the way Nikita Gill retells the full generational cache of Greek myths, starting from chaos and ending in present day. She takes the goddesses and the heroines, emboldening them and giving them voice. The myths are told from their perspective, and in that frame, their actions make sense. Gill also plays with narrative- how wrong are the original stories? Do we know what is true? Have the gods disappeared or will they return?
Of course the myths are full of brutality and violence, but Gill is careful to balance these themes with healing and soft love. To fully contextualize the characters. Even some of the male characters.
It makes you want to honor the goddesses of these tales- to make offerings to the Oceanides, to Persephone, to Hestia. It makes you want to envision every librarian as the modern embodiment of Athena.
It makes you long for the mystery cults of the goddesses once again.
Of course the myths are full of brutality and violence, but Gill is careful to balance these themes with healing and soft love. To fully contextualize the characters. Even some of the male characters.
It makes you want to honor the goddesses of these tales- to make offerings to the Oceanides, to Persephone, to Hestia. It makes you want to envision every librarian as the modern embodiment of Athena.
It makes you long for the mystery cults of the goddesses once again.