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hmatt's review against another edition
1.0
Most of these "poems" were cringeworthy, to me. Very few read as poems, at least via audio - they feel more like bits of memoir and I think I would have been more interested if some of them had been fleshed out as essays instead of needlessly stylized (e.g. the one about her dad as a truck driver). Many of the more political/social-justicey ones just read like out-of-context buzzwordy instagram captions strung together, and I really was not compelled to believe their genuineness.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Mental illness
emoryscott's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
charhollyx's review against another edition
But I felt empowered with the last section of this book and the first part really moved me.
Her work is always a nice comfort read
Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual violence
hereforthefunofit's review against another edition
2.0
2. A few gems here and there but hardly mediocre most of the time. Most of the gems are just things I related and were therefore partial to, but most weren't great.
3. Something about the tag at the bottom that names what was better left unamed really irks me.
4. Some of the more feminist leaning 'poems' remind me of things I would repost/retweet when I was 14 and there's nothing wrong with that I guess. Everything she's saying is right. I just find it a little corny now that I'm older. We don't need the word play or metaphoric insults; we can talk about injustice upfront. Therefore, I just don't they have much place here...it sounds like an Instagram caption and it cheapens the cause imo.
5. It is quite similar in theme and style to one of her previous collections, that I read and enjoyed marginally more, Milk & Honey. This one is not as good and very repetitive.
6. I did like the separation of mind and body and it being a running theme in the first chapter. However, the mention of that distinction and how it affects people doesn't really come up after that which is disappointing...
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Mental illness
skyfluff8's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and War
this_is_lee's review against another edition
4.0
It’s just simply beautiful.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Racism
alyssajp's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
pricekillick's review against another edition
3.0
‘what we lived through
is living in us’
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
abbyj_04's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism
arsenic_'s review against another edition
2.25
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Classism