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klsreads's review
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
3.0
A bit too abstract for me, but there are some fun absurdist bangers and a few heartbreakingly concrete poems.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Misogyny and Murder
Minor: War
madding78's review against another edition
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
3.75
alle_kat97's review
emotional
fast-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
3.5
ebatchelder's review
dark
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
3.75
liia's review
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
2.25
i don't really know how to review this. i really struggled with finding the emotion or meaning in lot of the more convoluted poems (lockwood's verse is crass and absurd, populated with owls drinking their own urine) (this isn't an actual poem but it might as well be). they were usually fun and at times fulfilling but overall? i'm not too sure. i had the same question after reading priestdaddy - where the prose style went so above and beyond that i didn't know which way to read it (what was sincere or concerning or a joke). i probably need to read it again slower to figure some things out.
2kerrymehome's review
funny
medium-paced
3.0
I didn't "get" it, but it's so weird that I'm happy it exists at all.
libraryfiend21's review
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-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
3.0
nwordsmith's review
1.0
Although I have really enjoyed Lockwood’s prose in the past and was excited for this book, I had a hard time connecting to this collection of poetry. It felt overly contrived and inaccessible to the point of being intentionally profound and meant to make readers hate poetry. I don’t hate poetry but I certainly did not enjoy this book. There wasn’t a single poem in the collection that I would want to read again. I did find several turns of phrases and lines within the poems meaningful but it largely felt like a chore to read this rather than any sort of pleasure.
matthew_whiteman's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
loved this! lockwood rlly is built different like no one is doing it like her. big lol moments throughout, whether by way of witty one liners or absurd combinations of incongruous things and batshit personifications of nature or literally whatever lockwood desires. can also hit on some surprising poignant moments tho (‘r*pe joke’ comes to mind, tho i’ve seen people say this is the least lockwood poem in the collection which i a little agree w but i still don’t think anyone but her cld write it). i esp love the longer poems, it’s really enthralling (and often hilarious) to read lockwood stretch an idea to its limits, like in the mother and father of american tit pics. i think sometimes the shorter ones dont sink in as much, but maybe tht comes w rereads. but yea real good