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lay_kone's review
3.0
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Rape, Addiction, Cancer, Bullying, Child abuse, and Grief
inkdrinkers's review against another edition
3.0
The first in Amanda Lovelace's (they/them) "Women are some kind of Magic" series tackles the fairytale ideals of princes saving princesses and being locked in ivory towers. It also covers grief, assault, and various other heavy topics, with warnings in the front pages.
I first read this collection when it was released in 2016, and it really, really blew me away. This was one of those poetry collections that got me into poetry and made me want to devour all the collections I could get my hands on. I decided to revisit it since it's been a few years, and while I do still see the charm in a lot of these poems, a lot of them don't carry the weight that I wish they did.
In revisiting it, I find that a lot of the poems lean heavily on formatting, with plain language. My favorites are the ones that establish a setting/create visuals, as they're easily Lovelace's strongest writing. I also really enjoy Lovelace's poems about grief/parental loss, though I feel like there could be more there. (To Drink Coffee With a Ghost is on my plans to revisit!) Conceptually, I still really enjoy the collection as a whole, but I'll probably be letting go of my shelf copy. It's a little muddled, the poems themselves aren't as connected to the theme as I wish they would be, and the formatting is no longer my favorite. I still think it's a very friendly collection to poetry newcomers, but I don't feel the need to revisit it time and time again.
Content warnings: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Suicide, Rape
Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Cancer, and Child abuse
Minor: Suicide and Rape
booksawyer's review
4.75
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 Sandydaphnemarie's review
2.0
Graphic: Suicide, Rape, and Child abuse
anothersun's review
3.0
Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Death, and Death of parent
alon_nmc's review against another edition
4.0
She becomes her own savior as she realizes that nobody will bring her happiness for her. And even though she has suffered a lot, she comes to the conclusion that living life to the fullest is her best option.
Solid book, read it quite fast. I actually found a lot of poems that I quite loved, so that’s that. Would recommend for anyone that’s going through hard times.
Minor: Sexual violence, Death, Cancer, Rape, Suicide, and Torture
2busyreading's review
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide and Cancer
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
lucyisabella's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape
Minor: Suicide
namenotimportant's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Rape
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