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I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer

11 reviews

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.5

Kate’s poetry is so smart and I love the concept of erasure poetry, which is executed so well here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, and Body shaming

amberlfaris's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Transphobia

leannanecdote's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, and Body shaming

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

joey_schafer's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Body shaming, Sexism, and Homophobia

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexism, Body shaming, and Misogyny

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

 I love the way Kate Baer managed to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear with I Hope This Finds You Well. She’s taken sexist, racist, fat phobic, misogynistic and other offensive statements, some from her from her DMs and some from public sources, blacked out some words, and thus transformed the messages into ones of beauty, joy, resilience and/or a totally warranted FU to the patriarchy. An uplifting collection of erasure poems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Homophobia, and Transphobia

camillatd's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Kate Baer brings wit and heart to the unconventional format of blackout poetry in this collection. Her clever turns of phrase and poignant cultural observations lend themselves well to this pithy collection. Baer subverts the language of trolls, Republicans, and misogynists to deliver intimate, heartfelt messages to the reader. She returns to the themes of feminism, womanhood, solidarity, liberation, and motherhood that she wrote about, to much acclaim, in What Kind Of Woman. I breezed through this collection in one sitting, but I know there are poems that I will return to time and time again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

kb_sherman's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence