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waytoomanybooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
It's not as good as her first novel the princess saves herself in this one. She varied her sentence structure and added a bit more depth, but she repeated herself a lot, to the point that it took me out of the poe.. I think Lovelace could benefit if she wrote her thoughts thoughts and feelings as a memoir or as flash fiction instead. I found myself wanting more context for her advice, homages, and quotes, too.
But it was still good enough to read I'm one sitting, especially since poetry is a genre that I'm new to.
But it was still good enough to read I'm one sitting, especially since poetry is a genre that I'm new to.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence
alyaofwinterfell's review against another edition
dark
tense
1.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault
stwriter92's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
Having read Amanda Lovelace’s collection “The Princess Saves Herself In This One,” I have to say that this kind of followed the same thread.
I want to preface this with the proclamation that I am a staunch feminist. I do believe that we live in an unequal society. This is something that needs to be fixed. However, I am also equally against the misandry that is sprinkled through this collection.
First of all, the entire thing reads like a collection of tweets that had been saved as drafts to collect dust until they were brushed off and slapped into this collection. It felt very Diet Riot Grl-esque. It reminded me of my own cringe-worthy poetry that I used to write back in high school (I will never show anyone that ever ever ever).
There were a few good ones, I’ll grant that, but the entire thing felt a little too pandering to me. She has a theme of taking the definition of “woman” back from the patriarchy, which is something I can get behind. She also has a theme of taking back the power of feminine anger at a world that was created to keep us downtrodden. These are themes that I can get behind, but the execution feels like it was surface-level observation dressed up to look deeper than it actually was.
One thing I will give her, however, is this idea of being reborn from the ashes. I do think that the phoenix-imagery is very inspiring. I just wish that the execution of this collection had been done better.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming
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