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Artemis Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

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peggy_racham's review against another edition

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4.5


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corabookworm's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

I have to stop reading poetry about girlhood and greek goddesses at 1 am i’m going to cry <//3

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vicwaltz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

4.5


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amandapaige14's review

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced

4.5


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gerardine's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

"Normalizing the things that kill your spirit is a slow but sure path to decay. It erodes you as the river does to the cliff face. It steals you,piece by piece "


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skylar_cr_wolf's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

Extremely honest and brutal yet so powerful and beautiful. This is how I would describe this ARC of Artemis Made Me Do It, which was given to me by Netgalley and Central Avenue Publishing.

“I refuse to make myself small enough
to fit into the cramped box
of your desire.” 

As the title suggests, the poetry is heavily inspired by Artemis, the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo. However, I think - and it’s totally fair to correct me here - it’s also about people’s experience, especially those who identify or had identified as female before. Despite me being an enby, I still feel the fear, the pressure and all those emotions when I was raised as a girl. Things have happened. Things still happen and the anger which is also expressed in those poems how you have to keep shut, close your eyes— I felt it in the core of myself. 
This book will shake you but honestly, it’s great. I liked being reminded how mighty you actually are.

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snowydaze's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

I received an ebook copy of Artemis Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Having read Aphrodite Made Me Do It in the past, I was looking forward to Artemis Made Me Do It as well. Of course it lives up to my expectations and then some, its well written and thought provoking. While still containing too many relatable parts. Intertwined with mythology related to Artemis. I highly recommend reading this poetry collection!

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skudiklier's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I love Trista Mateer's work, and I was so excited to be able to read this. It follows a similar format to Aphrodite Made Me Do It, and I love how she uses Greek goddesses as inspiration for poetry about feminist pain and anger. My favorite parts of this collection were the sections from Artemis's point of view, and the collage art is mixed in so well. Thank you to Netgalley and Central Avenue Publishing for the chance to read and review this ARC. 

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