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littlebookjockey's review against another edition
3.0
Full review at Little Book Jockey. I liked many of the poems in this collection, but I almost wish it were shorter. After a while it kind of seemed to drag on, and I just wanted it to end. It’s not something I think I’ll read again, but I’m glad I did. It had been on my radar for a couple of years.
nicolemillo's review
3.0
Though I'm still fairly new to the world of poetry and some of the less clear narratives tend to disinterest me, there were several poems here that I really liked. And after checking out a couple of the authors at random, the poets involved seem fairly diverse which is somewhat reflected in the work.
I didn't even realise when I bought this that all(!) profits go to Rape Crisis England & Wales, which I'm more than happy to support!
I didn't even realise when I bought this that all(!) profits go to Rape Crisis England & Wales, which I'm more than happy to support!
helenmcclory's review
4.0
a handful of dog-earred poems here; no doubt they would be different ones for everyone, but I think they'd be there all the same.
holmesstorybooks's review
5.0
I loved this book.
I don't think I can say that this book is 'readable' it's more like I consumed it in massive chunks, not looking up until I was finished reading one of the sections.
It's a poetry anthology about women, and mothers, and myths and legends and mermaids and suffragettes. The anthology is split up into sections: Shoal, Garden, Feral, Entrails, Myth and Resurrection.
In the foreward it says it gives a voice to the voiceless, and here I would have to agree. Sometimes the poems are written as stories and sometimes the narrator of the poem is a character in and of themselves. I loved that there were so many cameos of famous or well-known characters, (Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc, Lillith, Emmeline Pankhurst) but so many characters I didn't know.
It's raw, it's intimate, it's vulnerable and reading this poetry doesn't feel forced, it feels like breathing.
If you like Kate Tempest or Ali Smith, I think you'll really enjoy this collection.
I don't think I can say that this book is 'readable' it's more like I consumed it in massive chunks, not looking up until I was finished reading one of the sections.
It's a poetry anthology about women, and mothers, and myths and legends and mermaids and suffragettes. The anthology is split up into sections: Shoal, Garden, Feral, Entrails, Myth and Resurrection.
In the foreward it says it gives a voice to the voiceless, and here I would have to agree. Sometimes the poems are written as stories and sometimes the narrator of the poem is a character in and of themselves. I loved that there were so many cameos of famous or well-known characters, (Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc, Lillith, Emmeline Pankhurst) but so many characters I didn't know.
It's raw, it's intimate, it's vulnerable and reading this poetry doesn't feel forced, it feels like breathing.
If you like Kate Tempest or Ali Smith, I think you'll really enjoy this collection.
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