This book doesn't say much of anything at all. It's barely 100 pages long, and of that, 20 pages are dedicated to listing goddesses from world mythology who are sometimes found in groups of three. Another 20 pages are spent listing goddesses who might conceivably fit each of the maiden/mother/crone aspects (with a fourth aspect, the matriarch, added into the mix for reasons that are poorly explained). That leaves about 60 pages of actual content, with a few sparse meditations, some correspondence lists of crystals and herbs, and not much else besides. The book doesn't say anything terribly offensive, but that's largely because it doesn't say much of anything at all. There are a few embarrassing factual errors: Patterson writes that the Welsh Blodeuwedd was married to the Irish Lugh; in fact, she was married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who is a similar figure to Lugh but is by no means the same. Likewise, the book lists Kali as a crone goddess, when nothing about Kali's mythology or iconography fits with the image of the crone.
I appreciated that Patterson takes the time to deconstruct the frequent association of the Triple Goddess's aspects with the imagery of menstruation or the womb. She lists some other ways the aspects may be understood, besides maiden/mother/crone. I would have enjoyed more depth from her on this point, as well as more serious discussion of each of the three aspects. Each aspect has only about 2 pages of serious discussion along the lines of "Here's who this face of the Goddess is," and it's a shame that there wasn't more.
Finally, the book was in desperate need of a copy editor. It is riddled with grammatical errors, and at one point (on page 7) there is a paragraph break in the middle of a sentence. Overall, it gives the impression of having been sloppily and hastily slapped together.
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