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clemrain's review
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Some huge heavy hitters. The third section of this collection is its strongest. I’ve found some of my favourite poems in this book.
I just think the first and second section needed more direction. The river theme and it’s connection to femininity and earth was slow for me to grasp. I’m not sure if I still fully understand what I’ve read. I think a cohesiveness that avoids redundancy could’ve made it easier.
These are heavy topics delivered in good words. It just needed some polish.
Finally, starting a collection like this with an Elvis Presley lyric…was a choice.
I just think the first and second section needed more direction. The river theme and it’s connection to femininity and earth was slow for me to grasp. I’m not sure if I still fully understand what I’ve read. I think a cohesiveness that avoids redundancy could’ve made it easier.
These are heavy topics delivered in good words. It just needed some polish.
Finally, starting a collection like this with an Elvis Presley lyric…was a choice.
stephjlw's review
Read 3x.
Lovely, evocative and yeah, brutal. A meld of personal and political (which are honestly one and the same most of the time). Any Canadian consumer of poetry should read this.
Lovely, evocative and yeah, brutal. A meld of personal and political (which are honestly one and the same most of the time). Any Canadian consumer of poetry should read this.
jessereadsthings's review
slow-paced
2.0
Slow to start and just okay overall. However, there definitely were a few stand outs in the last third of this poetry collection that I really liked.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation and Racism