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kyarabereading's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I don't often read poetry collections, so I was really excited to check this one out. It is beautifully written, it is tragically painful, it is overwhelmingly reflective - I loved those things about Beastiary. I'll admit that I don't know enough about the animals referenced in this poetry collection, and I think if I knew more, it would help me understand Kelly's poetry more profoundly. I gave it a pretty quick read, so I'm hoping to re-read it, spend a little bit more time with it, and do some research as I read so I can understand it further. I look forward to the day I pick this book up again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt
healnotslay's review against another edition
4.25
We are fire or
the image of fire, the day, or
the breaking of it. We disappear, chaff
of myth, what held the story of a season’s end.
Crumple the fetal S of your body until you resemble a ball of paper. The fold of your limbs, the ache in your joints.
Watch as he manicures his lawn, puts in all places a bit of blue, a turning leaf. And then,
how the female finds him,
lacking. All that blue for nothing.
Hauntingly vulnerable & desperate collection but still contains so much humour & levitytruly I gasped when the gay porn poem appeared it’s kinda jarring but I like that she had the balls to keep that in the collection & speaking of collection this was such a cohesive collection motifs revisited again & again without being boring & there still being like a Narrative such that I would go back and reread earlier parts because I’d realised something/she’d revealed something halfway through.
Hated that so much hinged on Greek mythology tho bc some of us are women in STEM and don’t know that Pegasus was born from the beheading of Medusa (I googled every single beast mentioned except the werewolf so I also learnt lots!)
Favourites: Self Portrait as a Door, Whale
the image of fire, the day, or
the breaking of it. We disappear, chaff
of myth, what held the story of a season’s end.
Crumple the fetal S of your body until you resemble a ball of paper. The fold of your limbs, the ache in your joints.
Watch as he manicures his lawn, puts in all places a bit of blue, a turning leaf. And then,
how the female finds him,
lacking. All that blue for nothing.
Hauntingly vulnerable & desperate collection but still contains so much humour & levity
Hated that so much hinged on Greek mythology tho bc some of us are women in STEM and don’t know that Pegasus was born from the beheading of Medusa (I googled every single beast mentioned except the werewolf so I also learnt lots!)
Favourites: Self Portrait as a Door, Whale
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia, Dementia, and Sexual assault
siriface's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault
thewileyseven's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault
peeniewallie's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
toria_dussault's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
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