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emmaito's review
5.0
powerful, heart-wrenching, provocative, & beautiful. i have been trying to read more poetry lately & recently finished latinext, edited by josé olivarez, willie perdomo, felicia chavez. it took me a while to get through (poetry always does) but so many pieces of work stuck with me. absolutely excellent anthology & i was humbled to get a glimpse into deep thoughts & feelings from latinx writers.
teaandtropes's review
DNF @ 22%. I’m sure there will be other poems I like since it’s a bunch of different authors in this book but it has been so little reward thus far that I’m stopping.
danacoledares's review
3.0
Poetry is something I have prioritized, because for a long time I didn't particularly enjoy it. But as I went looking for poems I actually did like, I found myself connecting with more and more of them.
That's kind of how I felt reading this. Most of the poems were very nice, but a number of them were beyond my understanding. I think I'm also not keen on prose poetry – the words start to run together and when my brain goes "WALL OF TEXT" it's stressful.
I might have enjoyed this more if I'd just kind of read a few poems at a time here and there, rather than trying to read through it. I may do that at some point.
Also, the contributor bios were at the back. I wished they'd have been with their poems, and included more about how they got interested in poetry and what they were most passionate about. It was kind of hard to flip back and forth to figure out who had written what with the ebook version, as I'm not super familiar with the format.
That's kind of how I felt reading this. Most of the poems were very nice, but a number of them were beyond my understanding. I think I'm also not keen on prose poetry – the words start to run together and when my brain goes "WALL OF TEXT" it's stressful.
I might have enjoyed this more if I'd just kind of read a few poems at a time here and there, rather than trying to read through it. I may do that at some point.
Also, the contributor bios were at the back. I wished they'd have been with their poems, and included more about how they got interested in poetry and what they were most passionate about. It was kind of hard to flip back and forth to figure out who had written what with the ebook version, as I'm not super familiar with the format.
jasbeingjas's review
emotional
slow-paced
3.25
I enjoyed this collection, but as far as the Breakbeat Poets series goes, this volume was more challenging for me to get through. As I'm not a Spanish speaking individual I wasn't prepared for how much spanish would be included in the poems. So just a heads up to be prepared to really slow down and take your time with this poems, if it's not a language you speak fluently.
extragravy's review
2.0
There is some good stuff in here, but you have to read through a lot of other to find it. Is it worth it? Maybe if you are particularly drawn to the themes, but otherwise probably not. I would have preferred a slimmed down version with just the good bits, but the good bits might be subjective, but not all the bad were subjectively bad - they could have objectively culled numerous poems out.
goreadwithgomez's review
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I enjoyed some poems more than others but there were so many fantastic poets featured in this anthology.