Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

19 reviews

abmochapman's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

wow. olivia gatwood so skillfully connects her early experiences, our modern-day obsession with true crime, and the fears of women across the board. throughout her collection of poems, she gives gentle but firm notice to the role race plays in real women’s outcomes. and with grace, she dances around how simultaneously rational and irrational women’s fears can often be. I felt both held and challenged by the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse

bridgetmnelson's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

pabi's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Domestic abuse

jae0141's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, and Drug use

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

lucyisabella's review

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I truly enjoyed the raw emotion of this book because I believe that sometimes people just need their pain acknowledged in a way that isn’t sugar coated. I can see how someone with similar lived experiences would feel seen after reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

snowiceblackfruit77's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Rape, Body horror, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder

morganmcnealy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

the only book of poetry i have ever read in which i walked away with a different perspective of the world around me. i felt this book truly reflected what it means to be a woman in a way that i have never been able to articulate. fantastic, amazing, and devastating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, and Rape

yelenacherepanova's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

natked's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

A contemporary collection of feminist poetry mostly dealing with violence and crimes against women, growing up as a girl and love.
As with all types of anthologies it was a mixed bag in terms of quality but some of these were truly brilliant. I'd love to read a longer format by the author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Misogyny