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thestarlesscasea's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really uneven collection for me, but when it's good, it's so, so good. Content warnings for the grim realities of living as a woman in a misogynistic nightmareworld, violence (sexual and otherwise), suicide, etc. The second half of the book is a longer poem about a spaceship coming to earth and what comes of that. It felt quite unique and made me think about several things from a different angle.
Some quotes that stuck out to me:
"But I'm telling you,
there's more than one monster here
with you now. Against you.
You've considered this, too, haven't you?
You know there's nothing you can do."
"Everything isn't back to normal.
Just because you can go to stores again
and people aren't crying in the street."
(this hit hard in this constant-state-of-COVID-gaslighting world we're in...)
"once, you find a group of aliens restraining
one alien. And you show them the rooms
that lock from the outside. And they're
grateful to you. Though you're not sure who
should've been locked up."
Some quotes that stuck out to me:
"But I'm telling you,
there's more than one monster here
with you now. Against you.
You've considered this, too, haven't you?
You know there's nothing you can do."
"Everything isn't back to normal.
Just because you can go to stores again
and people aren't crying in the street."
(this hit hard in this constant-state-of-COVID-gaslighting world we're in...)
"once, you find a group of aliens restraining
one alien. And you show them the rooms
that lock from the outside. And they're
grateful to you. Though you're not sure who
should've been locked up."
carlasofiaferreira's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent poems throughout. The final long-form piece, "The Starship," was extraordinary, had me completely hooked. This is my first time reading Blake's poems and I am stunned by how inventive and dazzling her work is. Excited to read more!
adriannabara's review against another edition
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.75
andreablythe's review against another edition
5.0
I picked this up because it includes, "The Starship," a chapbook length poem in which a woman is faced with a looming starship and the opportunity to leave the world behind. This poem stunned me with its strength, compassion, and humanity — and the rest of the poems in this collection manage the same, detailing the detailing the dangers we face as humans on Earth and revealing pathways through them. My interview with the poet, Sarah Blake is here.
gagne's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
An otherwordly out-of-body experience. Seeking liberty from presumption.
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