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jammons's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness, Dementia, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Self harm
leilah_m's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage
talayna91's review against another edition
5.0
This collection is incredible. It takes place in reverse chronological order, so it feels a little like a mystery when you're reading it. I also love how many of the poems look at the previous poem in a new way. One poem often cannot reveal the complexity of a situation, so I like that Megan Falley reexamines the topics that she is so compelled to write about. These poems are powerful, blending words together that you never knew were so right together until you've seen them side by side. From the very first poem, "Backhanded Apology", these poems just flow into each other and pull you in with them. Do yourself a favor and spend the money on this one. You won't regret it.
rachelwalexander's review against another edition
5.0
Megan Falley is my new favorite poet and this is such a lovely collection of her work - thematic but not stiflingly so, clear and self-reflective but not sentimental.
ebazilereads's review against another edition
5.0
Redhead and the Slaughter King is a book of poetry by one of my favorite poets, Megan Falley. Her work is beautiful, painful, and intimate, and I made my way through this book in less than a day. One of my favorites.
Content warning: substance use, sexual assault
Content warning: substance use, sexual assault
indielitttttt's review against another edition
4.0
This collection was so powerful and hit me hard. The poems were raw and filled to the brim with grief and pain and love. There’s also a veiled sense of, shame maybe, at the telling of stories that do not belong to her fully, but have clearly impacted her greatly. I think she finds a beautiful balance in these feelings. Stellar.