Lilith
Ratings11
Average rating3.3
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Ratings11
Average rating3.3
Before Eve, there was Lilith.
In the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of time, an outrageous lie is born: that women are inferior…
Lilith and Adam are equal and happy in the Garden of Eden. But when Adam decides Lilith should submit to his will and lie beneath him, she refuses – and is banished forever from Paradise.
Demonised and sidelined, Lilith watches in fury as God creates Eve, the woman who accepts her submission. But Lilith has a secret: she has already tasted the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Endowed with Wisdom, she knows why Asherah – God’s wife and equal, the Queen of Heaven – is missing. Lilith has a plan: she will rescue Eve, find Asherah, restore balance to the world and regain her rightful place in Paradise.
In this feminist retelling of an ancient Hebrew myth, Lilith will have her revenge – however long it takes.
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Gorgeous language, fascinating little historical tidbits - I genuinely had no idea Asherah was part of early Judaism, for example. I'm feeling a new special interest coming on.
For the majority of the book Lilith wanders around then blacks out a couple thousand years. This repeats a few times until the end when she's basically like “yup misogyny is bad”. The message is really overt and the book doesn't take the time to ever give it any depth. Overall, things kind of just happened and the characters were bland. At times it seemed to be weirdly gender essentialist as well.
I wasn't sure about this book when I first started reading. I am not much for books with any kind of religious element but it really was a decent read. I was a bit disappointed with the end of the book, it was like it fizzled out but I enjoyed the book for the most part.
It's about the story of Lilith and Adam and how he felt she was his servant and she thought they were a partnership. After he violates her she flees. She is then replaced by Eve and Lilith sets out to rescue women from their subserviant lives.
I get what the book was trying to do but I think it might have just slightly missed the mark.
The author has a talent and I will definitely look for more from the author.
3.5 stars
“And if the woman told you to jumpeth off a cliff,” He thundered, “would you?”
IM OUT. Really basic feminism 101 retelling and some ham fisted writing. Idk if this is meant to be YA but it wasn't what I was hoping.
