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The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
14 reviews
karapillar's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Bullying, Cancer, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
lizkocher's review
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Body horror, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, and Sexual assault
misslexisaurus's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Suicide, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence
mariah_poulin's review
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, and Child abuse
tomatothesoop's review
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Cancer
potsandpans22's review
4.5
It is a very heavy anthology but I highly recommend it. Just check the content warnings first, as it covers some very heavy, triggering topics.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Suicide
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Terminal illness, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexism, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Child death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
niyahneal's review
3.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Rape
waytoomanybooks's review
3.5
I did ding a few points off because I hate it when there is just one sentence on a page. I feel like those would be better off in a separate section titled something like "Affirmations" or "Reminders."
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
glitterpricked's review against another edition
1.0
I'm not a poetry snob at all, I barely read poetry actually, but variety is so important in any book. if a novel used only simple sentences or long sentences just with "and" in the middle a bunch of times, I would lose my mind. I don't think it counts as poetry to press enter after every couple of words and to type in lowercase and to maybe switch up the formatting once in a while.
I appreciate that she was very open about her personal struggles, but I feel like there's this kind of trap where heavy topics equal good somehow. if Amanda Lovelace was writing about the mundane, this book wouldn't have sold very many copies, despite the fact that there are many poets who can make the mundane sound beautiful, all without over-romanticising it too. but Lovelace soaked their poems here with bland, surface-level metaphors that personally did nothing for me. the themes in a book are not enough to make something worth reading.
and in terms of the themes, there were plenty of topics that are worth discussing in wider society. however, one of my problems with Lovelace was that she added nothing new to the conversation. again, I haven't read much poetry, let alone instapoetry, but most of what Lovelace spoke about could've been found all across Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and pretty much anywhere else on the Internet. yes, fatphobia is a horrible thing, but saying it's a horrible thing isn't a poem; it's a statement that can be thought of and written down in less than 30 seconds, and then apparently published. it's not poetry to recycle things that have been said thousands of times before.
there's probably more I can say, but I've spent more time on this review than I did reading the book so I'd rather not draw it out any longer. I'm willing to give more of their poetry a chance considering how long ago this was written, but for now, my opinion of their work (not them as a person!) isn't great, to say the least.
Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Eating disorder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Cancer, Body shaming, and Bullying
michaela999's review
4.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic relationship