How do I know it's mine? are often the first words out of a man's mouth (or in his mind) even if it couldn't possibly be anyone else's. No doubt you understand better than I did then how touchy men are about their girlfriends getting pregnant. In our stories, women get to lay down the geasa from time to time."Īnother: In our stories, women get to do something besides giggle when they conceive after their blood has stopped. Our stories couldn't possibly be more far-fetched than those. A woman turning into a pillar of salt just for looking over her shoulder. "If I was your Isaac, I'd never let my father near me again.
Who knows? People take a wait-and-see line with a boy." I might become a great leader who will free the people from Roman rule. I might grow up to be a prophet or a healer. "Well, what about you? With your tornadoes and striking people dead and changing children into goats." Some people believe it's unlawful to allow a sorceress to live." "You know, it's a good thing you don't live in my country. Here are a couple of pieces (with some editing to keep the flow of the ideas):įirst piece: I didn't have a lot of patience while I read this book, so I read a large chunk of it in a "skimming" sort of fashion.īut, there are a couple of moments where certain contrasts are brought to light quite well. I always wished she had used her brain more and her hormones/"guts" less. I never did come to like the main character. So, obviously this book didn't resonate with me or give me what I was looking for. In children's literature, the focus is on telling a good story, not trying to get a certain rating. It's a good reminder for why I prefer to read children's literature. Okay, last issue: I feel like the book tries waaaaay too hard to put in every possible and impossible reference to sexuality, sex, or human bodily functions. So having a character with wild hair being compared to punk rockers and the Statue of Liberty, and having the main character meet a goddess who calls her "honey" really jars me.
This book is supposed to be taking place right when Christ is born and growing up. ]Īnother issue I had with this book is its carefree way with anachronism. (I don't think that "taking crap" from men makes someone a strong woman.
But she persists throughout the entire book being the same kind "strong" woman as those she grew up with. As I read, what I kept hoping for was that the young Maeve would realize that she wants to be herself for being herself, rather than fall into all the patterns that have been set up by the women in her life. But instead, I got a strong dose of humanist feminism (beating men at their own game) scrubbed over with a sort of New Age/Celtic goddess magic-and-powers idea. I was hoping for a book that really put a female-male balanced spiritual world-view. I think maybe my hopes were too high for this book. In specific: there are some well-articulated moments (see below).
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