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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
2.25 ⭐️ (for now)
maybe im too dumb to get it? more like not in the mood for it actually.
anyway after a second read and annotating in class, i might come back here and change my rating (which is why im not putting it up officially) because i like some of the poems in this collection, but my brain just isn't in analysing mode.
will update this review when i actually understand the profoundness of this book lol
maybe im too dumb to get it? more like not in the mood for it actually.
anyway after a second read and annotating in class, i might come back here and change my rating (which is why im not putting it up officially) because i like some of the poems in this collection, but my brain just isn't in analysing mode.
will update this review when i actually understand the profoundness of this book lol
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Well, wasn't this an overreach for me?
Not going to rate because I don't think it's fair for me to rate something in an artform I'm not familiar with, knowing it will contribute to an aggregate rating some would use as an objective measure of worth.
Literary references went over my head; even with Evelyn explaining some of them at the end, I couldn't contextualise them into a cohesive emotional response to her work.
I had a better time of it in the poems that were less dependent on Australian literature; her interior life, set against the backdrop of ongoing Australian colonial processes, First Nations injury and resistance.
In reflecting upon the collection, perhaps what I've written about literary references isn't entirely true. There's a strong current of what she describes as a literary resistance, which I found very approachable when her targets exist in the interstitium between Australian literature and popular culture.
One of the poems is titled 'Acknowledgement of C*ntery' which is flat-out great.
Not going to rate because I don't think it's fair for me to rate something in an artform I'm not familiar with, knowing it will contribute to an aggregate rating some would use as an objective measure of worth.
Literary references went over my head; even with Evelyn explaining some of them at the end, I couldn't contextualise them into a cohesive emotional response to her work.
I had a better time of it in the poems that were less dependent on Australian literature; her interior life, set against the backdrop of ongoing Australian colonial processes, First Nations injury and resistance.
In reflecting upon the collection, perhaps what I've written about literary references isn't entirely true. There's a strong current of what she describes as a literary resistance, which I found very approachable when her targets exist in the interstitium between Australian literature and popular culture.
One of the poems is titled 'Acknowledgement of C*ntery' which is flat-out great.
challenging
dark
inspiring
fast-paced
I will absolutely need to come back to this to keep unpacking it. Dropbear is a gift that keeps giving, angry and tender and challenging as an Anglo-Australian to read. Needs to find its way to a curriculum text list asap.
This collection made me uncomfortable, made me think, unsettled me. Incredible writing. A collection where the weight of every word stays with you. I can't wait to return to this and reread and explore because there is so much depth here.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced