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eaclapp41's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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
aiyonna's review against another edition
4.0
the poems that i loved i reallyyyyy loved but for most of them i was ambivalent
suzyreadsbooks's review against another edition
I have started this so many times in the past, but the audiobook made it a way smoother experience for me. Gross and loving and angry and fun
kilosmom7's review against another edition
1.0
Thank you to Netgalley for this book.
now...I'm all for crazy poetry but this stuff is high grade crazy. All the author talks about is c***s. I understand that the book is supposed to be a rebel against the patriarchy or something but this is just too much for me. I stopped reading at about page 50 because i couldn't really understand where the collection was going. I'm not saying I don't like her style of writing, I just don't really like what she wrote about. Giving it a one star because i do like that she wrote from the heart and used non-traditional words and phrases. I also learned what Seppuku is.
now...I'm all for crazy poetry but this stuff is high grade crazy. All the author talks about is c***s. I understand that the book is supposed to be a rebel against the patriarchy or something but this is just too much for me. I stopped reading at about page 50 because i couldn't really understand where the collection was going. I'm not saying I don't like her style of writing, I just don't really like what she wrote about. Giving it a one star because i do like that she wrote from the heart and used non-traditional words and phrases. I also learned what Seppuku is.
2000s's review against another edition
3.5
Basically how I feel about Jenny Zhang’s first collection, a few really hard hitting poems but a lot of it felt too rambly and unstructured for me. I think I just prefer her prose LOL.
jenna0010's review against another edition
4.0
Jenny Zhang's voice takes girlhood and makes it gross, makes it piercing and urgently political. The anger here, the yearning, the fear, the whimsy. It's all here, globbing out in abject fluids, candy-coated surfaces, and the barfish beauty of girlish 'likes', 'not really's, 'oh goshes' spewing forth with power and agency.