4.21 AVERAGE

barnaclethereal's review

4.5
dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

really incredible sharp poems. also devastating 
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kylieburton's review


❤️

I was going to spend my last evening before students are back in my classroom at the movies. A strange lil’ animated film with a friend I wanted to catch up with. Alas, not two minutes in the road, our car alerts us we have a flat tire. Also not ideal when needing to be on time for work especially this week, and when you only have one vehicle. Thankfully our brother-in-law saved the day. We limped our car the three minute drive to his house and Wlliott and him out on our winter tires, while we wait until Sunday to pay $1000 for brand new all season tires (also great when my job might take action soon and Elliott is still out of work. Big sigh). I hung out with my lil’ nieces in the backyard. And then I finished this poetry book while Elliott showered. 

A lovely and tender collection about very tough things. I wanted to read some of Kelly’s work after reading Melissa Febos’ latest. 

— library book
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mixedreader's review

4.0
challenging slow-paced

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mflowers92's review

5.0
emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

I absolutely loved the way Kelly formatted the collection of poems, the sectioning was wonderful. I love a blackout poem and having one that starts each section was so cool. The line breaks and style of the poems was so intentional and inspiring.  

ruandamcf's review

4.5
dark reflective medium-paced
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mulders's review

4.25
emotional hopeful reflective sad
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mspearlman's review

4.5
dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

micahvellian's review

3.0
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated

jthettlage's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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nyx_knight's review

3.0
dark reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A