Lilith
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Lilith
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Lara Sawahla
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Narrated by:
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Lara Sawahla
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Nikki Marmery
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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.
©2023 Nikki Marmery (P)2023 W. F. Howes LtdGorgeous story and beautiful narrator
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Initially I couldn't put this book down, I loved the concept of the story, Lilith as the intended first mother of humankind. The woman who ate the fruit of knowledge and understood we were all created to be our own gods, no afterlife, this is it, so enjoy and live to the full!
Not a new concept, but initially a beautifully weaved story with mythology and religious mearging (predominantly from the 1st Testament).
Now to the issues - The use of language ie, doth, cometh, etc, used to depict whenever god or the angels spoke and to indicate the beginning of time made the flow clunkey and annoying.
The looking for, and finding of the Goddess Ashera fizzled into nothing and was very disappointing. If God/desses are kept alive through belief/faith prayer (think Neil Gamen American Gods) why did she die, she still had followers?
Further, I understood Lilith's 'retreating' for centuries, due to the monotony of living, however, I feel some opportunities were missed for key women to be woven into the story - I loved that Jezebel was included, however, what about Cleopatra, Kubaba, Queen of Sheeba, Boudicca (although possibly too close in time), to name the obvious prior to Maryiam (Mary Of Magdalena)?
I did enjoy the idea of Maryiam, as the prophetess, however, she felt one dimensional, solely concentrating on her death to parallel Yeshua (Jesus) and having it known to all that she taught him all she knew, which was in turn corrupted and twisted by the disciples, particularly 'The Pebble' (Peter the Rock). Yeshua was mearly a pawn and another 'simpleton male'. No mention of Mary the mother of Yeshua, or Mary and Martha, other than the implication they were all silenced about Yashua rising from the dead. Again many opportunities missed for real depth and new ideas/concepts.
Now to the ending - I felt like I missed a chapter, so I went back, nope, nothing missed. The ending, felt forced and rushed. One minute Lilith is spouting Maryiam's ideals, next she's with Samael back in Eden - bam ending!
Lastly, I didn't like the overarching theme that women and men make a whole, balance of nature (many gender species exist - yes I understand their genetic concerns, but not every female needs a male counterpart and vice versa to be whole. what happened to 'women everywhere. Be your own gods.' (Nikki Marmery)?
So many missed opportunities to make this book great, and truly new. However, all in all an enjoyable read.
'For women everywhere. Be your own gods.' Nikki Marmery
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