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If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging by Sharon Blackie

just_soph's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

bpaxton's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
this was an interesting examination of celtic mythology and how it can act as a liberation for women..

drlottiereads's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.75

auburnlangley's review against another edition

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5.0

Read this book!

A must read for any woman, especially those feeling lost. I've been introduced to so many amazing women through this book, it has truly been life changing.

allieryncarz's review against another edition

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5.0

Absolutely beautiful.

bibliollama's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.0

This could have been such a good book. I wanted to really like it - it's made up of all the things I've been enjoying reading lately; ecology, mythology, feminism, memoir. But it somehow failed to be all of them.

If it had just been what the blurb claimed 'A haunting heroine's journey for every woman who finds inspiration and solace in the natural world', it could have been SO good. But it was trying to do too much. 

I really enjoyed reading about Blackie's journey of self-discovery and finding her authentic self - and the connection she forged between the natural world and the weaving of mythology as she found herself. 

However, her flavour of feminism is not one that jives with mine, and I found her narrative prose overly purple, verging on ridiculous at times.  

kyleen88's review against another edition

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Was listening to audio and the author who narrates it had an accent and a softer voice, which I didn’t mind but I listen while I shower and it made it hard to hear it. Will maybe read the physical book another time!

readingwithcats's review against another edition

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Not a true DNF. Just pausing because this is not the right book for me right now.

vixash's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

I learnt alo  from this book but it was heavy reading and a little repetitive 

vverbatim7's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5