Reviews tagging 'Death'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

7 reviews

jae0141's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Drug use

vanesst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

sarahrosea's review

dark reflective sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

viacrow's review

challenging dark fast-paced

5.0

olivia manages to encapsulate every fear and desire and insecurity and experience i’ve ever had and turn it into art. this body of work makes me feel safe in a world where i am not 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexism

lk3ssaf's review

dark emotional reflective

3.25

My favorite poems were the ones involving Jordan and the summer. I also liked the poems about Aileen. I don't quite like true crime and stories about dead girls, but this wasn't so bad. 

Also, poems that are written as though they are a stream of consciousness seem to be trying too hard to achieve that effortlessness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

j4cq's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

started precise and loosened up near the end. the writing was great, beautiful, but the contents of the poems are not for the light hearted. absolutely horrible, made me sick to my stomach. 

please read the trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Minor: Stalking

jainnyreads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

1.5

I can see why people love this collection, but I honestly got about a quarter of the way through and hate-read it until the end. The only poem I genuinely enjoyed was “Ode to My Bitch Face,” which is what brought it up that extra .5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence