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jayisreading's review against another edition
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Gregory Orr has some beautiful poems, and there were some moments of his lyricism appearing in his interpretation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. With all honesty, I didn’t think this sequence of poems was amazing or terrible. In fact, I was pretty indifferent about it, mostly wishing that Orr had spent more time expanding on his ideas.
That being said, I admit that I’m a little picky about how this myth is approached, regardless of medium, mostly because this is one of my favorite stories. I’m inclined to say that if you want more, it’s well worth checking out how Ovid tells the myth in Metamorphoses or Rainer Maria Rilke’s Die Sonette an Orpheus.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
peggy_racham's review
4.5
"How can I celebrate love, now that I know what it does?"
For the lovers of Hoziers "Talk". What it means to be loved even in death
For the lovers of Hoziers "Talk". What it means to be loved even in death
godhateskeely's review against another edition
5.0
missed this story so reading it was a pleasure. gorgeous lyricism mister orr.
caliesha's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful, only wish it was longer! "The Entrance to the Underworld" was my favourite bit. 4.5 stars
albus_dumb's review
1.0
i read this one just after reading an antology of edna st vincent millay and there's absolutely no comparison between her poems about losing someone to orpheus in this book, it felt so impersonal and fake i couldn't get into the story and i love the myth
wonderology's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
4.5