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4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
beautifully written. maggie nelson weaves an emotional look into her aunt jane's murder with her haunting poetry, jane's journal entries, and clippings of news articles revolving around said murder. the brief mention of the other rape-murders linked to jane's death is horrifying and sickening, reminding us just how fragile it is to live as a woman (a girl!) in this world.
“Treating things lightly is indeed the answer to so much.”
subtle read about sisterhood, families, misogyny and men’s claim to women’s bodies. composed of news clippings, dreams, prose, poetry, and Jane’s own diary entries, reading this feels deeply personal and even invasive at times. this was both haunting and beautiful and feels like a true love letter even if the two had never met.
subtle read about sisterhood, families, misogyny and men’s claim to women’s bodies. composed of news clippings, dreams, prose, poetry, and Jane’s own diary entries, reading this feels deeply personal and even invasive at times. this was both haunting and beautiful and feels like a true love letter even if the two had never met.
fast-paced
Deeply affecting book. I liked it more than the argonauts, likely because I connected more personally to the subject matter.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
How does one even write a book like this, so haunting and beautiful, full of love and grief?
How does Maggie Nelson walk around with so much talent in her, without its sheer heaviness dragging her down?
How does Maggie Nelson walk around with so much talent in her, without its sheer heaviness dragging her down?
Mother, the Christian hypocrite
and I, of her blood. Under
her influence — how much am I —
and I love her — at least
if I can love at all
I do.
(68)
For a book about a rape-murder within the family, it is not as dense as I expected and surprisingly easy to get through. It is not conventional poetry, more like a story written in verse.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
so brilliant, some of these pages will haunt me for a long time. such a unique way to pay tribute to a loved one that you never knew
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
once again on a mission to read everything maggie nelson has ever written!!
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
oh how i’m a sucker for a story about family, the haunting of family, grief, and sisters. nelson paints a beautiful portrait of these experiences in this collection. particularly successful is how she can’t help but draw jane’s personality into herself. after my grandpa died, i found all i could do is think of the ways we were the same, how our habits compounded into each other. maybe that’s the easiest way to deal with loss, to fill it with ourselves.
reasoning for four stars: some of the poems and sections felt significantly weaker than others. nelson’s real strength is with her prose poems, in my opinion. my favorites were “lies” “sisters” and “ghosts.”
reasoning for four stars: some of the poems and sections felt significantly weaker than others. nelson’s real strength is with her prose poems, in my opinion. my favorites were “lies” “sisters” and “ghosts.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder