Genre: Poetry, Mythology
Gill explores a fascinating side to Greek Mythology within this collection of poems, it brought an interesting insight and perspective on the Greek gods that I had not encountered previously.
What the poet does very cleverly here, and I'm probably stating the obvious, is showcasing the characters, charisma, and influence of the Greek goddesses, which is such a refreshing take on such a prominent set of stories and myths.
I have recently started researching, and becoming interested in Greek mythology, and when reading this collection, at first it seemed the order was a bit strange. However, I gradually noticed that instead of being chronologically ordered, these stories were grouped and ordered by the goddesses they were featuring.
What I did really like in this collection was the link between historical and modern, showing how these goddesses and gods would be within today's society - this was fascinating and gave them a whole new outlook and perspective.
The illustrations within this collection are brilliant and excellently created and designed, they accompanied the poems very well and added a pictorial and visual element to the poem and how the poet envisioned each goddess and god.
I gave this book five stars as I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and it definitely added to my knowledge of Greek mythology. This is the second collection that I have read from Nikita Gill and I would highly recommend them.
Gill explores a fascinating side to Greek Mythology within this collection of poems, it brought an interesting insight and perspective on the Greek gods that I had not encountered previously.
What the poet does very cleverly here, and I'm probably stating the obvious, is showcasing the characters, charisma, and influence of the Greek goddesses, which is such a refreshing take on such a prominent set of stories and myths.
I have recently started researching, and becoming interested in Greek mythology, and when reading this collection, at first it seemed the order was a bit strange. However, I gradually noticed that instead of being chronologically ordered, these stories were grouped and ordered by the goddesses they were featuring.
What I did really like in this collection was the link between historical and modern, showing how these goddesses and gods would be within today's society - this was fascinating and gave them a whole new outlook and perspective.
The illustrations within this collection are brilliant and excellently created and designed, they accompanied the poems very well and added a pictorial and visual element to the poem and how the poet envisioned each goddess and god.
I gave this book five stars as I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and it definitely added to my knowledge of Greek mythology. This is the second collection that I have read from Nikita Gill and I would highly recommend them.
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