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oliviapincin's review
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Minor: Physical abuse
arayo's review
Moderate: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship
astrangewind's review
2.0
The shorter poems were - at best - a slightly better version of something rupi kaur would have written; that is, they were entirely generic and lackluster. (Genuinely, kaur's popularity stupefies me.)
The longer poems were rambling messes of nonsense. Daley-Ward dealt with abstractions... in abstractions. In fact, the (very few) lines that contained concrete imagery are the reason I'm not giving this book a worse rating.
The book failed to hook me in. I do not think it is worth anyone's time.
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
savvylit's review
4.0
I think my favorite thing about poets in general is their ability to shake beauty and universal truth out of some of the ugliest or most mundane aspects of life. Yrsa Daley-Ward is no exception to this rule. Drawing from her own intimate experiences, Daley-Ward gifts readers with a sense of strength and hope. She reminds us that our connection with ourselves is our most enduring relationship and should be protected at all costs.
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Incest
mavii's review against another edition
2.75
I'm not sure if I'll leave my 2.75/5 rating or if I'll change it.
it's not a bad book. I know that. I think it's beautifully written and so deep and complex. it's really emotional and I'm sure it might be really touching for the right people.
I'm not the right audience. I could resonate with and I even loved some of the poems, but it was honestly the minority of them. I wasn't able to actually understand most of this, and that's awful. because I really wanted to.
for people who can actually relate and understand this poems, I easily see this being a 5star reading.
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Racism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Racial slurs, Death, and Rape
womanwill's review
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Domestic abuse