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Stones by Kevin Young

maddyvohland's review

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

saraohall's review

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4.0

poems about hurt, nature, family, spirituality, death, life. poems that feel like hozier’s songs. soothing & pulling & true.

ghq's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

leonore_book's review

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4.0

Mmm...poems that speak to all.

thevicarslice's review

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3.0

This collection is spare at times, meandering, and plays with the sound of language. Like the title suggests, these poems are stones, small, self contained, and just weighty enough. Some look similar to others, some are wildly different from the rest, but they're all poetic and of a theme. There are glimpses of youth, family, the present moment, but unfortunately the through line is just not strong.

mousehouse's review

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5.0

Young does a fantastic job at weaving together themes of family, both past and present. I particularly enjoy his use of sound and rhyme schemes.

mars_213's review

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emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

thomasbell6410's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Kevin seems really sad tbh

indydanniejones's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

The way the words in these poems flow is beautiful. There is a lot of death imagery so it can be hard hitting. 

tifhayes's review

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reflective

3.5