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ekg's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape and Suicide
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Some things referenced went over my head especially the most personal poems that mentioned Sam. But that gives me reasons to come back and reread the book.
I loved it and I loved Choi’s love and despair and grief and hope for the world. I think the book is very relatable to every one though some of the terms seem very modern or text/online slang or terms I’m not sure how an older audience may read it (tho there’s plenty of other things I had to look up). I think it’s very relatable to the current feeling on the world on fire and grief for everyone everywhere, with specific reference to American tragedies such as masa shootings, the Atlanta spa shootings and violence to children in the name of care (such as Grace who’s news story flickered on the back of my mind while reading) that makes this book ache in a particular way as an American. But it’s also a book with global concerns and comments whether it’s from the authors Korean heritage or grief for the ongoing indigenous genocide in the Americas since Columbus or anti blackness or the imperialism America has export. And it’s a book with so much love and grief and also hope and I loved it.
I loved it and I loved Choi’s love and despair and grief and hope for the world. I think the book is very relatable to every one though some of the terms seem very modern or text/online slang or terms I’m not sure how an older audience may read it (tho there’s plenty of other things I had to look up). I think it’s very relatable to the current feeling on the world on fire and grief for everyone everywhere, with specific reference to American tragedies such as masa shootings, the Atlanta spa shootings and violence to children in the name of care (such as Grace who’s news story flickered on the back of my mind while reading) that makes this book ache in a particular way as an American. But it’s also a book with global concerns and comments whether it’s from the authors Korean heritage or grief for the ongoing indigenous genocide in the Americas since Columbus or anti blackness or the imperialism America has export. And it’s a book with so much love and grief and also hope and I loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Torture, Stalking, Misogyny, Grief, Cursing, War, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Racism, Child abuse, Trafficking, Suicide, Slavery, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Genocide, Deportation, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Death
swaathy's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
an_library_stan's review
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Reading poetry is not my favorite, but these were powerful poems of mourning, American dystopia, love and climate disaster.
Some favorite poems:
Some favorite poems:
- Who died and made you American
- Rememory
- In the aftermath of the unforgivable, I raise my doomed, green head
- Upon learning that some Korean war refugees used partially detonated napalm canisters as cooking fuel
- Unlove poem
- How to let go of the world
- Aaron says the world is upside down
- Wildlife
- Things that already go past borders
- Dispatches from a future great great granddaughter
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault
jayisreading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
… and yet, the world keeps moving forward, despite its multiple endings. Choi pointedly reminds us that apocalypses have always been a part of our human history, but it happens to be that only certain populations are thrown into such catastrophe(s), while the rest of the world ignorantly (willful or not) continues on.
… and yet, despite the brokenness of this world, despite these ends, there is still something on the horizon to look forward to, a particular strength in surviving the end and living beyond it. So many of these poems are filled with grief and anger, but there lingers a burning hope for something more in Choi’s language. For those who have lived and/or are living through the apocalypse, their world continues on because there’s still so much to live for.
You are meant to grapple with the content of these poems, as well as sit with the emotions that come with these poems. This is a bit of a departure in tone and style from Choi’s previous works, but I think The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On reveals her incredible talent with form and language, as well as her ability to synthesize an array of ideas and concepts. There’s much to take away from this collection, especially living in the world we’re in today.
Some favorites: “The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On,” “Poem with an End in Sight,” “Science Fiction Poetry,” “Grief Is a Thing with Tense Issues,” “Unlove Poem,” “Dispatches from a Future Great-Great-Granddaughter,” and “Waste”
… and yet, despite the brokenness of this world, despite these ends, there is still something on the horizon to look forward to, a particular strength in surviving the end and living beyond it. So many of these poems are filled with grief and anger, but there lingers a burning hope for something more in Choi’s language. For those who have lived and/or are living through the apocalypse, their world continues on because there’s still so much to live for.
You are meant to grapple with the content of these poems, as well as sit with the emotions that come with these poems. This is a bit of a departure in tone and style from Choi’s previous works, but I think The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On reveals her incredible talent with form and language, as well as her ability to synthesize an array of ideas and concepts. There’s much to take away from this collection, especially living in the world we’re in today.
Some favorites: “The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On,” “Poem with an End in Sight,” “Science Fiction Poetry,” “Grief Is a Thing with Tense Issues,” “Unlove Poem,” “Dispatches from a Future Great-Great-Granddaughter,” and “Waste”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, War, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Gun violence
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
colyforniaroll's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, War, Violence, and Suicide
trippalli's review
2.5
Modern pretty with ficus on onomatopoeia and sounds that roll of each other personal stories from a teen perspective. Side warning: A few of of the poems refer to the suicide of her first boyfriend
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
smblanc1793's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
Meanwhile I cut
an onion, and its onions all the way down, and that’s a fine
reason to cry at the sink on a Monday after the empire
congratulates itself on persisting again.
Franny Choi microdoses the apocalypse, and somehow the idea of the world ending over and over and over again and yet still persisting gives me hope.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Genocide and Suicide
bleach226's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: War
Moderate: Suicide and Sexual violence
The content warnings aren’t complete, but these are what continue to linger after reading.
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