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magenta_menace's review
3.75
beautiful, complex, and punchy. a very short collection with a lot of grief and bite nestled inside.
fullsun00's review
3.0
Thank you Netgalley for giving me an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.
This is a book that is kind of hard to follow. I struggled to do so. It had science references at moments and hard words that i didn't understand being English my second language. After i got comfortable with the author's writing style and had opened a dictionary it went smoother but still its really hard to understand some of the poems so beware when you start reading the book that you need to be familiar with poetry.
I am gonna be honest and say that there were poems i did not enjoy. However, some of them made me cry. The topics vary from science to sexuality to harsher themes such as shootings and an attack agiants two girls that left one of them dead.
I did enjoy the book but i wasn't ready for the difficulty it had so i didn't enjoy it as much as i could. Still, iw ould highly recommend it to people qho like poetry, it is worth it i swear.
Trigger Warnings: murder, homophobia, animal abuse, shootings, hate crimes.
3,75
This is a book that is kind of hard to follow. I struggled to do so. It had science references at moments and hard words that i didn't understand being English my second language. After i got comfortable with the author's writing style and had opened a dictionary it went smoother but still its really hard to understand some of the poems so beware when you start reading the book that you need to be familiar with poetry.
I am gonna be honest and say that there were poems i did not enjoy. However, some of them made me cry. The topics vary from science to sexuality to harsher themes such as shootings and an attack agiants two girls that left one of them dead.
I did enjoy the book but i wasn't ready for the difficulty it had so i didn't enjoy it as much as i could. Still, iw ould highly recommend it to people qho like poetry, it is worth it i swear.
Trigger Warnings: murder, homophobia, animal abuse, shootings, hate crimes.
3,75
jessereadsthings's review
1.0
Just was not engaging at all for me personally.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence and Homophobia
thebookpaiges's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Homophobia
fencewalker's review
3.0
A thoughtful exploration of American Midwesternism, queer grief, and the crisis of existing in a violent and indifferent country. The first part focuses on gun violence, the second on violence against queer women, and the third an exploration in space. My favorite poems included: Stone (Butch), Tanager Street, A Study in Plants, Nature Poem, Untraceable.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
millymygirl's review
3.0
There were a handful of poems I enjoyed from this book, but it left no lasting impact overall. I'm fairly new to the world of poetry, so it could be that this collection just isn't for me, but there was nothing that resonated very strongly in this. "Nature Poem" and the letter erasures were both the most creative and my favorite works from this book, and I didn't mind the variety of form throughout. Sala's style is pared back and concrete, and her collection reads at times like a memoir. I gave this 3/5 stars.