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emelynreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Kim Fu is an amazing writer. This poetry collection didn't work entirely for me because it has so many different tones throughout, I wasn't sure what was supposed to be funny. That said I think Fu wrote this earlier in their journey and they've certainly grown as a writer since this release with "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" which is an incredible collection of stories.
ianuh's review against another edition
3.0
⤳ 2.5
hm, this one had a lot of content I didn't understand, which is perfectly fine!—poetry is personal to some readers, the opposite to some—though I do think this needed something to tie the whole collection together. also, if I had understood the context (with my own research or otherwise) of the majority of them, I'm sure I would have cherished the experience more.
hm, this one had a lot of content I didn't understand, which is perfectly fine!—poetry is personal to some readers, the opposite to some—though I do think this needed something to tie the whole collection together. also, if I had understood the context (with my own research or otherwise) of the majority of them, I'm sure I would have cherished the experience more.
avovo's review against another edition
3.0
⤳ 2.5
hm, this one had a lot of content I didn't understand, which is perfectly fine!—poetry is personal to some readers, the opposite to some—though I do think this needed something to tie the whole collection together. also, if I had understood the context (with my own research or otherwise) of the majority of them, I'm sure I would have cherished the experience more.
hm, this one had a lot of content I didn't understand, which is perfectly fine!—poetry is personal to some readers, the opposite to some—though I do think this needed something to tie the whole collection together. also, if I had understood the context (with my own research or otherwise) of the majority of them, I'm sure I would have cherished the experience more.
rara2018's review
2.0
Poetry is not for me. This would’ve been a one star had I not liked “Salt” so much. I feel like these are probably good, but I just wasn’t a fan. I liked Fu’s short story collection, though, so maybe I’ll check out more of her work.
kaeli's review against another edition
5.0
Risky to read during silent reading in gr10 English class bc I’m at the front of the class, modelling silent reading, and I want to CRY. Not sad cry, like “poetry rules omg” cry.
The first part of this book reminds me of Angela carter. But like, better. I don’t know what to say about this collection except I love it.
The first part of this book reminds me of Angela carter. But like, better. I don’t know what to say about this collection except I love it.
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