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The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

18 reviews

shufields's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Dementia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

lizkocher's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

lay_kone's review

dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Rape, Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Child abuse, and Grief

booksawyer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace is (I think) the first poetry collection I’ve ever read, and I absolutely loved it! 

I was hooked from the first poem I read this collection. The author eloquently tackles challenging themes with beautiful language. She uses a lot of metaphors, with the concept of being a “Princess” being a reoccurring theme. I think it is evident that a lot of care went into creating these poems. 

From reading other reviews, I gathered that Lovelace’s style of writing is polarizing, as it is a non-traditional poetry style. I’m not that familiar with this art form, so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I can absolutely say that I loved the author’s writing style. I found it to be very unique, and the poems to be expertly written.

I can’t wait to check out Amanda Lovelace’s other collections, and I’m excited to keep reading more poetry in general! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Cancer

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

This book also contains minor mentions of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

robinks's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.5

There were definitely some lines that gave me pause, and I can see how creating this work would be a cathartic/therapeutic experience for Lovelace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Suicide, Sexual assault, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Bullying

matchabookshelf's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.0

this doesn't even look like a poetry book, just random thoughts from her notes app

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Death

loki_sdaughter's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Racism, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, and Cancer

potsandpans22's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

My goodness where do I even start with this book. The journey I went through when reading this is definitely a reflective one. It ripped me to shreds, grinded me to a pulp, stomped me into the ground, covered me with dirt, watered me, let flowers grow from where the remnants of myself were buried in an unmarked grave and then let a blissful life come from all of that. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

kellyinbookland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

sarahaf712's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Transphobia