Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Life of the Party: Poems by Olivia Gatwood

18 reviews

sydapel's review

dark emotional fast-paced

Poetry is one of those genres I don't feel like should be rated, but this was super compelling and easy for a novice like me to reflect on. Gatwood does an excellent job of capturing the latent fear female presenting people constant have of men and their capacity for violence, as well as our culture's fascination with it through the true crime content. Also, I had no idea she was the poet of the "Ode to My Bitch Face", which is a favorite of mine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

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

nicoleisalwaysreading's review

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest, Eating disorder, and Racism

beastlybrooke's review

challenging dark fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Misogyny

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

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