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authorjenn's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
My heart just breaks for every family that has a missing person! I think this book is a great way to keep these cases out there and to help to get them solved. Every family deserves the truth. I looked up every case after I read each poem. The poem " Echo" was my favorite. It spoke the truth for all the missing. Of WHY! Also in my research I found two cases that had typos, the age and last name did not match what I had found online.
bhrtng's review
4.0
4 stars for this collection of poems about missing and murdered women and girls.
I was hesitant to get into this book because I am definitely NOT a true crime girly. I feel like a lot of the content around true crime can get exploitative and trauma porn-y and I was worried this would feel that way. Instead it reads like a tribute to each of the victims. Each poem is different but I found that overall the author took time to highlight what made each victim unique outside of her circumstances (i.e. things she enjoyed, her career, children, family, etc.). The author also makes a point in her introduction to call out how disproportionately women of color are affected by these crimes, especially indigenous women. At the end of each poem, there is information about the case and the victim with a phone number for anyone who may know something. What stood out to me (again from the intro) is that the author says, /someone/ knows something. While these cases may currently be unsolved, there is still information out there for many of them. Overall I found this book to be well done even when the poems were simplistic at times. There are certainly some that will stick with me for a while. There is some criticism that the nature of so many poems on a topic causes them to lose their individuality but instead I found that it pointed to the universality of the white supremacist patriarchal violence that we as women can't escape. In the end, I appreciated getting to know these stories that the media has overlooked and ignored and I feel like these poems honored the memory of the victims.
I was hesitant to get into this book because I am definitely NOT a true crime girly. I feel like a lot of the content around true crime can get exploitative and trauma porn-y and I was worried this would feel that way. Instead it reads like a tribute to each of the victims. Each poem is different but I found that overall the author took time to highlight what made each victim unique outside of her circumstances (i.e. things she enjoyed, her career, children, family, etc.). The author also makes a point in her introduction to call out how disproportionately women of color are affected by these crimes, especially indigenous women. At the end of each poem, there is information about the case and the victim with a phone number for anyone who may know something. What stood out to me (again from the intro) is that the author says, /someone/ knows something. While these cases may currently be unsolved, there is still information out there for many of them. Overall I found this book to be well done even when the poems were simplistic at times. There are certainly some that will stick with me for a while. There is some criticism that the nature of so many poems on a topic causes them to lose their individuality but instead I found that it pointed to the universality of the white supremacist patriarchal violence that we as women can't escape. In the end, I appreciated getting to know these stories that the media has overlooked and ignored and I feel like these poems honored the memory of the victims.
gabrielasilgado's review
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
So many trigger warnings. This is not an easy book to read, but it is a reality I think everyone should be aware of. It is a good way to remember all of those who have been lost to unknown hands.
beersbooksandbooos's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0