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Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire, and Beauty by Nikita Gill

zoe_m's review against another edition

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DNF pretty early on. The poems seemed a bit two-dimensional--lots of repeated symbolism and imagery. To be fair I'm in a colossal reading funk, but this did nothing to help.

nemesislore's review against another edition

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4.0

To be honest I wasn’t enthralled with this book at the beginning, but the poems just get stronger throughout. By the end, I was in tears over how beautiful it is to embrace yourself as you are and to give yourself space and permission to just be. Nikita Gill is fantastic and though I’ve loved her more recent works even more than this one, Wild Embers has taken a place in my heart too.

bookbound2019's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring

3.75

restyourbones's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.25

7auren's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

tankneck's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

labyrinth_witch's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Every time I read a volume of her poetry I think I have found my favorite and then I read the next one. But I did dog-ear nearly every other page in this book. The retelling of fairytales and the goddesses were particularly enjoyable. Alice in wonderland and Athena were my favorites. 

I think k the only thing that sometimes fatigued me is the encouragement of a woman who has experienced trauma to give as good as she got. And I sometimes wish it was more of a refusal to perpetuate that abuse. A different force than becoming a war, an army, or a battlefield. 

cheyarsen's review against another edition

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3.0

Such an amazing read!! I completely adored it

cdoors's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.25

poppy_s_j_mosse's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0