Reviews

Killer by Kimmy Walters

ajmarquis's review

4.0

I like poetry but do not 'like' poetry.

For me poetry is the sounds of a MODEM or fax machine handshake; I understand that there is an immense amount of dense information being transmitted but to my ear it is tinny white noise.

Reading Walters' poems I feel like there's something in the noise I can grasp on to and maybe, even, if I kept reaching deeper I would find another solid rung.

mirandacactusreads's review

4.0

I really liked a lot of the poems in this collection. While there were a few I couldn't get into as much because they seemed too abstract with unconnected words/phrases in them, most of the poems had amazing, unique stuff going on.

kfan's review

4.0

"Good Morning, I Am Not Going To Commit Suicide Today"

good morning,
I am not going to commit suicide today

so far two lovely
things have happened

I ate freeze-dried strawberries
reconstituted in whole milk

and I heard someone piss so intensely
that I was able to imagine that
her body was hurling a liquid javelin

lately whenever I see an animal
I wonder when its birthday is

two beautiful dogs ride the bus with me
on a regular basis

I can't commit suicide on a dog's birthday
my god
I just can't

babegladwaller's review against another edition

5.0

“I can’t commit suicide on a dog’s birthday
my god
I just can’t”

alouettesque's review against another edition

3.0

I ordered this the day before the election because I knew I'd need something to treat myself. It took nearly a month to arrive, and I read it at 6 am in one sitting having not slept, which means I should really read it again when I have gotten some rest.

There were some really great poems and even more great small moments throughout. I liked all the dogs and ghosts and kissing robots.

"Genius Story" reminded me so much of my sister. I can't wait to show her that there's a poem about someone who feels the same way about soil as she feels about rocks.

justemilyc's review against another edition

5.0

I won this in a Goodreads Giveaway

This collection captured my brain. It got me out of my own head and thoroughly engrossed in Kimmy Walters' head. Each poem, each sentence even, was both funny and wrenching. How does she do that? I've never thought of myself as a poetry person but this collection usurped my idea of poetry. Kimmy makes poetry absurd, delightful, awkward and all other words that describe something indescribable. Touché, Kimmy Walters, touché.

dizzytitan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0