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tascaraudo's review
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Take the content warnings seriously. Some of the poems were very hard for me to read.
I never read poetry so this was a new one for me. I was attracted to the premise of monstrousness and queerness being linked; I find it discussed regularly in online spaces that queer people often identify with or are attracted to the "monstrous" characters in media, and that this could be linked to all the ways society can make a queer identity monstrous. It makes sense to me. To feel understanding for the monster is to recognize that you yourself are also monstrous by nature or nurture.
I never read poetry so this was a new one for me. I was attracted to the premise of monstrousness and queerness being linked; I find it discussed regularly in online spaces that queer people often identify with or are attracted to the "monstrous" characters in media, and that this could be linked to all the ways society can make a queer identity monstrous. It makes sense to me. To feel understanding for the monster is to recognize that you yourself are also monstrous by nature or nurture.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gore, and Body horror
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