Reviews

Bread Sex Trees: Poetry by Alix Klingenberg

pawswithprose's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

seherina's review

emotional medium-paced

3.75

Thank you NetGalley and Central Avenue Publishing for the chance to read and review this book.

That being said, Alix Klingenberg has serious potential. While the second half of the book veers towards more basic, standard, common everyone wants to be a poet and writes the same, the first half was actually pretty solid with pieces I loved. A good edit would have made this a 4 star or higher read. The author had a style that came through, while being simple, and yet not sounding like everyone else, and you also felt something while reading those poems.

Can't wait to check out her next book!

tommyhousworth's review

5.0

I discovered Alix's work via her Instagram account and was immediately taken by her ability to pull strands of nature and humanity into her verse. She's simultaneously vulnerable and fierce, sharing her self-doubts and her desires. She weaves the natural world into her poetry so effortlessly, and through her own self-identifying with it, helped me see it in myself in a new way. There's courage here, and wisdom. She speaks to all our senses, from the taste of warm bread and a lover's kiss, to the feel of our bare feet on the earth and the scent of lavender and sage. Bread Sex Trees connected me to something primal and long-dormant. I'm glad I found Alix's work and this book.

mistressviolet's review

reflective medium-paced

5.0

 

Unabashedly candid poetry. It took a minute for it to grow on me, but by the end, I was in love. The poems really resonated with me. 

There is a subtle progression in this book. The initial vibes have an underlying feel of sadness—dull and pervasive, like the dark grit and grime of a big city. But by the end of the book, there's an opening up, a lightness, a freedom that comes from accepting oneself, hopefulness. 

A beautiful book about living a life true to oneself.