852 reviews for:

You Better Be Lightning

Andrea Gibson

4.59 AVERAGE

sonotkidding's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

briarwren's review

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

carrieemoran's review against another edition

4.0

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Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this title. Andrea Gibson is a gift to this world, and their poetry is just as good written as it is spoken aloud. Every queer person should read this collection. That said, anyone can relate to the universal themes they touch on in their poetry. I love the way they play with words, and move from humor to darkness with ease.

lila5's review against another edition

4.25

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Self harm

itsmebrireads's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad

niakayjones's review against another edition

3.25

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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a fantastically queer and wonderful collection of poetry that i think could even be more affected by if i were to hear it read aloud in person :)

aliwhitley's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved it. Beautiful. Moving. Took my time trying to digest it and read just a little at a time.

style20r's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

thisrobinreads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

leann_books's review against another edition

5.0

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Normally I don't write reviews, but Andrea Gibson's poetry touches my heart deeply. Mostly I find the work clever and tender. I hope many people will buy this book and experience the poetry. I read the poems out loud and cry knowing tears and find solace in the beautiful/challenging concepts.