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maaryaam's review against another edition
3.0
Shocking I finished a book:))
It was good but it's a really personal and subjective poetry collection and idrk how to rate such a personal thing??? and also because I haven't ever experienced losing someone in general I couldn't connect with it (in other words I'm a sheltered cold unfeeling piece of shit wow who knew:)). But I definitely liked the first bit more than the second.
It was good but it's a really personal and subjective poetry collection and idrk how to rate such a personal thing??? and also because I haven't ever experienced losing someone in general I couldn't connect with it (in other words I'm a sheltered cold unfeeling piece of shit wow who knew:)). But I definitely liked the first bit more than the second.
tomsbooknook's review against another edition
5.0
'I have waited patiently, oh so patiently,
before asking,
in my gentlest voice:
Can I lure you away?
Can I tempt you with our history?
This mattress has missed you.
Hollowed, it is fit for noone else,
Oh, I know you are snug
in your self-containment.
I know you are settled,
finally at ease
in your ash.
But please...
Just for tonight...
Just for one night...
Sleep with me.'
This collection is incredibly powerful, painful, and brutal. Through beautiful language comes the most angry poems I have ever read. This book is an intimate gift.
'All I can do, in what remains of my brief time,
is mention, to whoever cares to listen,
that a woman once existed, who was kind
and beautiful and brave, and I will not forget
how the world was altered, beyond recognition,
where we met.'
before asking,
in my gentlest voice:
Can I lure you away?
Can I tempt you with our history?
This mattress has missed you.
Hollowed, it is fit for noone else,
Oh, I know you are snug
in your self-containment.
I know you are settled,
finally at ease
in your ash.
But please...
Just for tonight...
Just for one night...
Sleep with me.'
This collection is incredibly powerful, painful, and brutal. Through beautiful language comes the most angry poems I have ever read. This book is an intimate gift.
'All I can do, in what remains of my brief time,
is mention, to whoever cares to listen,
that a woman once existed, who was kind
and beautiful and brave, and I will not forget
how the world was altered, beyond recognition,
where we met.'
saralouisemarsbar's review against another edition
This collection is far too personal to review. Stars seem impersonal
Absolutely heart breaking and raw.
Absolutely heart breaking and raw.
the_heart_is_a_muscle's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful and heart wrenching and true to basically all facets of grief and just very, very good.
Edit: 2 years later, after my first full reread, this is still very good. I still love 'Don't hesitate to ask' the most, although 'Risotto' and 'Of Old Age, In Our Sleep' have also stuck with me a lot. It's just very good.
Edit: 2 years later, after my first full reread, this is still very good. I still love 'Don't hesitate to ask' the most, although 'Risotto' and 'Of Old Age, In Our Sleep' have also stuck with me a lot. It's just very good.
nathanjames's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful collection of poetry that should have never been made to be written, but tragically was.
roseofoulesfame's review against another edition
4.0
A documentation of the grieving process (before and after death) in poetry. Quietly heartbreaking.