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libraryjen's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Easy to understand and enjoy, these musings ponder everything from feminism to religion to love and self-acceptance.
livbreading's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Addiction
sethfossils's review
4.75
A collection of clever and moving poems. Some of my favorites: "Buttercream," "Of Wildflowers," "Peaches," "The Cashier at the Gas Station Asks Where I'm From," "An Octopus Has Three Whole Hearts," "(Luck IV)," and "When my Friend is Low We Walk by the River."
scottbungalowreads's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I wanted this poetry book to last forever. Every time I picked it up it gave me something beautiful; Often that beautiful thing was tears.
I don’t read tons of poetry, but this one hit all the places for me. It’s beautiful, and I’m glad I bought my own copy because I know I’m going to be coming back to it again.
I don’t read tons of poetry, but this one hit all the places for me. It’s beautiful, and I’m glad I bought my own copy because I know I’m going to be coming back to it again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Domestic abuse
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