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A review by bibliollama
If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman by Sharon Blackie
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.
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.