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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
A novella told alternately in rhyming verse and second person prose vignettes, narrated by a woman who breaks off a long term hetero relationship to be with a slightly flighty unconventional woman.
Lots of longing and lust, self recrimination and shame, some sorrow, some joy and self forgiveness… I think I’ve read too many pseudo-poetic navel gazing hip literary elder millennial ennui type books recently to fully appreciate this one. It certainly has all the right intersexual references to be a hit for bookstagram: Rachel Cusk, Adrienne Rich, Jamaica Kincaid, Natalia Ginzburg, Louise Glück, the Nathalie Léger Dorothy Project books, and even Pinegrove (timely considering the tiktok Pinegrove shuffle trend).
It was fine
Lots of longing and lust, self recrimination and shame, some sorrow, some joy and self forgiveness… I think I’ve read too many pseudo-poetic navel gazing hip literary elder millennial ennui type books recently to fully appreciate this one. It certainly has all the right intersexual references to be a hit for bookstagram: Rachel Cusk, Adrienne Rich, Jamaica Kincaid, Natalia Ginzburg, Louise Glück, the Nathalie Léger Dorothy Project books, and even Pinegrove (timely considering the tiktok Pinegrove shuffle trend).
It was fine
i am very new to poetry, and this was a christmas gift to ease me into the genre.
there were some moments when i thought the writing was beautiful and i marked them.
'then you climbed outside your skin and watched your body for a final time encircled by that space.'
there were other times when i thought the poems felt stiff and forced.
i think it would have worked better as a short story or novel, with a sprinkling of poems.
the author is fascinating and i would love to read something else written by her, but most of this collection wasn't for me.
there were some moments when i thought the writing was beautiful and i marked them.
'then you climbed outside your skin and watched your body for a final time encircled by that space.'
there were other times when i thought the poems felt stiff and forced.
i think it would have worked better as a short story or novel, with a sprinkling of poems.
the author is fascinating and i would love to read something else written by her, but most of this collection wasn't for me.
I read it all at once. I applaud the author for being meticulous and writing a novel in rhyming couplets. Sometimes the rhymes were a stretch, but I get it. Any time I got bored of the couplets there was a chunky paragraph thrown in which I really appreciated. This book is heady, queer, and fast-paced.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just found it too be too slow paced and didn't keep my attention enough to finish it
So vividly open to her thoughts and happenings with her intimate relationships. The writing felt well crafted. I want to write like her.
They were interesting and well written poems. I enjoyed reading them, but I didn't particularly love or connect to them. I feel pretty neutral about it. 3⭐️