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You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

17 reviews

bugsybugs's review

emotional inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Infidelity, Grief, and Rape

breanneporter's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Andrea Gibson is awesome. I fell for them and their partner Megan after hearing them on Glennon Doyle’s We Can Do Hard Things podcast and I’m so glad to have read more of their work in You Better Be Lightning. My favorite poems in the collection are: 
Acceptance Speech After Setting the World Record in Goosebumps
Every Time I Ever Said I Want to Die 
What Love Is
The Day Prince Died
My Gender is the Undoing of Gender
The Night Shift
Love Letter to the Tick that Got Me Sick 
The Test of Time
See This Through 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

another_average_bibliophile's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm

_bailey_reads_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

This poetry book was stunning. I loved every single word. Certain poems I find myself going back to again and again because of how deeply I felt them and related to them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

the_vegan_bookworm's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Another beautiful poetry collection from Andrea Gibson. As always, their work strikes a chord deep within me and pulls my feelings out into the open. Andrea is incredibly vulnerable and raw in the most moving way. 

Some particular favourites include:

• Acceptance speech after setting the world record in goosebumps
• Time piece
• Queer youth are five times more likely to die by suicide
• No such thing as the innocent bystander
• To whom it definitely concerns
• Every time i ever said I want to die
• What can't be taken
• Wellness check
• What you wish you'd said to the high school guidance counselor
• What sucks about the afterlife

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

serena_andherstories's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

smallish_bird's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

"There is no escaping the magic now.
Beauty caught me and never let me go." - Acceptance Speech After Setting The World Record in Goosebumps by A. Gibson 

A lovely collection of personal poetry/prose meant to inspire hope.

There is so much love, introspection, and beauty in this book; compassionate nuance is foundational to to Gibson's writing. I'm in awe of their metaphors, the creative ways they frame the complex and mundanity. Their work is concise and clearly communicated, and it's a joy to reflect upon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

bookwormbi's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

this is such a beautifully written book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

rriverr's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

i just really love andrea 😭 <3333

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Homophobia

julestx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

🖤⚡️🖤 Use caution if you listen to the audiobook while driving. I had to stop a few times to cry from how beautiful and touching these poems are.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault