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4.28 AVERAGE
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I really think I would have liked it even more if I had read it in print (but I got it free on audio through Libro.fm’s Educator ALC program so I can’t complain too much!) BUT, this collection has one of my most favorite Limón poems, The End of Poetry so I did love it. And she narrates!
It took me a long time to finish this book, because I had to slow down for so many of the poems. Once I realized the depth and beauty of this collection, I took my time with each one. I haven’t been this stunned by poetry in a long time.
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Intensely personal, beautiful pressure on the dalmatian bruises caused by loving this world
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Absolutely *stunning* collection of poetry. I’m going to buy a print copy since I listened to the audiobook on Libro FM (thank you Libro FM for the ALC, sharing my honest opinion regardless of the free copy!) & I really want a copy to reread and annotate.
I felt called to so many of the poems but I especially liked the one named “sports” as it was a commentary on feeling good about cheering alongside strangers, sharing something with them, even though you didn’t know them and didn't even really care for sports they deeply. The feeling of belonging and community is so powerful, even if it’s just a taste.
Sheesh, this review is one of my worst hahaha I’m sorry! Just please believe me that AL’s poetry blew me away. It moved me, called to me, & *frequently* made me say, “damn” out loud as I listened!
Ada Límon is absolutely an auto-buy author for me now. I highly recommend this collection!
Absolutely *stunning* collection of poetry. I’m going to buy a print copy since I listened to the audiobook on Libro FM (thank you Libro FM for the ALC, sharing my honest opinion regardless of the free copy!) & I really want a copy to reread and annotate.
I felt called to so many of the poems but I especially liked the one named “sports” as it was a commentary on feeling good about cheering alongside strangers, sharing something with them, even though you didn’t know them and didn't even really care for sports they deeply. The feeling of belonging and community is so powerful, even if it’s just a taste.
Sheesh, this review is one of my worst hahaha I’m sorry! Just please believe me that AL’s poetry blew me away. It moved me, called to me, & *frequently* made me say, “damn” out loud as I listened!
Ada Límon is absolutely an auto-buy author for me now. I highly recommend this collection!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship
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The back of my library's copy of The Hurting Kind includes a quote from The Guardian that simply says "Limón is a poet of ecstatic revelation." I literally could not put it better myself. Limón is capable of putting into words - gorgeous words - revelations that celebrate being alive and being connected to the world around us.
Here is one of my favorite quotes from this collection: "But also, before they arrive, there's a desperate hand scribbling a memory, following the cat of imagination into each room. What is lineage, if not a gold thread of pride and guilt? 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?"
Here is one of my favorite quotes from this collection: "But also, before they arrive, there's a desperate hand scribbling a memory, following the cat of imagination into each room. What is lineage, if not a gold thread of pride and guilt? 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
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Unsurprisingly, this one hurt in the best way. Especially this:
"I have always been too sensitive, a weeper
from a long line of weepers.
"I have always been too sensitive, a weeper
from a long line of weepers.
I am the hurting kind. I keep searching for proof. "
That will stay with me.
That will stay with me.