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hannahpings's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
i wanted to rate this higher than i did, and surely: some of sullivan's poems in this collection deserve it. some deserve five stars, and some deserve it a hundred times over. some have a stunning level of insight and resonance and some cut so deeply they hit bone and go deeper still.
unfortunately, it's not a consistent standard across the volume and while there are so many absolutely wonderful poems, there are also poems that feel like they've been lifted directly from a tumblr dashboard in 2011. (this isn't to say they don't have value, or that these––or poems from a tumblr dashboard in 2011––can't be meaningful. it just makes for a staggered tone and quality across instructions for traveling west that felt like a letdown.)
unfortunately, it's not a consistent standard across the volume and while there are so many absolutely wonderful poems, there are also poems that feel like they've been lifted directly from a tumblr dashboard in 2011. (this isn't to say they don't have value, or that these––or poems from a tumblr dashboard in 2011––can't be meaningful. it just makes for a staggered tone and quality across instructions for traveling west that felt like a letdown.)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Addiction, Colonisation, and Grief