Reviews tagging 'Death'

Jane: A Murder (Soft Skull Shortlit) by Maggie Nelson (17-Mar-2005) Paperback by Maggie Nelson, Maggie Nelson

9 reviews

romeri's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

How does one even write a book like this, so haunting and beautiful, full of love and grief? 
How does Maggie Nelson walk around with so much talent in her, without its sheer heaviness dragging her down?

Mother, the Christian hypocrite
and I, of her blood. Under
her influence — how much am I —
and I love her — at least
if I can love at all
I do.
(68)

For a book about a rape-murder within the family, it is not as dense as I expected and surprisingly easy to get through. It is not conventional poetry, more like a story written in verse.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, and Murder

katharinaamaliae's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

I read this in an hour and a half, wich doesn't happen to me really often, but this was just so beautiful. The writing was amazing and for me, someone who barely reads poetry, also easy to understand, but at the same time it wasn't too simple. 
Maybe I just read it too fast, but I didn't feel that much of a connection to Jane throughout the book, wich I thought was kinda disappointing, but that was really the only thing I didn't like. Amazing book, and got me out of a reading slump so plus points for that.

I want so much-to be versatile, charming, warm, deep, intelligent, accomplishing something, loving,
fooling around, giving instead of getting, cheery not driven, sure not uncertain, possessing not anticipating, answers not questions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

readingtotravel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Grief, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lady_bountiful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, and Violence

rochidiaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Truly unlike anything else I've ever read. Maggie Nelson is one of the best writers of our time, the way she put together this book is so perfect and unique. Incredible and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

laynie_rearick's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, and Sexual violence

jodunn_'s review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Rape

focusfiction's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a continuous gut punch and some of the passages in here will stay with me forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual violence

demo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Sexual assault