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A review by aftereliza
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This collection perfectly encapsulated the different stages of growing up as a woman with a backdrop of the Partition between India and Pakistan. Gill covered sexual assault, school bullies, the caste system, LGBTQ issues and prejudice against immigrants in the UK. It felt like a love story to university life and it made me so nostalgic. I felt the childlike innocence and the awkward teenage period and the section on her coming into her own skin as a woman was so comforting and the perfect conclusion to this story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism