Reviews

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

becsoto's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

megabees's review against another edition

3.75

i know there are answers in being awestruck. 

i love gibson’s spoken word- makes sense i would like their poetry as well 

vince_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

 This collection of poetry was so good that I feel insecure—unable—to relate in my own words just how good it was. But let's try anyway.

I opened the first page of You Better Be Lightning and I was tearing up within two minutes. It takes the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy over eight hours of run time to have that same effect on me, and I've watched those movies with every commentary track—and all the special features—multiple times.

I got about halfway through the book and felt like I had made a new friend and was eager to learn everything about them: What? You believe in aliens, too?! I haven't made a new In-Real-Life friend in at least five years.

By the end of the book, I wanted to watch Andrea Gibson perform every poem they've ever written, even though crowds of people are just the worst; I wanted to recite every poem to everybody I knew, despite knowing sharing something so intimate is a top three fear; I wanted to memorize every single word to never forget how that first time reading it felt, when the only other time I memorized a poem was because I had to for a class.

Hope this helps. 

aclopez6's review against another edition

3.0

Stand-out poem I will return to - Queer Youth are Five Times More Likely to Die By Suicide'

scaracciolo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

bookbabebloom's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Officially my favorite poet. My wife and I took turns reading the entire book out loud to each other. Laughed, cried, had my heart absolutely opened. So so glad we bought this and can return to it again and again

abloom's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

miller1983's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

dunbaerrito's review against another edition

5.0

Andrea's poetry was what first got me into reading poetry and this book very much continues the trend. I can't wait to read even more poetry from them! 

leyli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0