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jessiewrites's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
3.5
Kind of a mixed bag, like a lot of modern poetry books. There are poems that I think I will want to go back to again and again and others that have that "Pinterest quote" quality. The first couple of poems are very sexually charged, so if you don't want to read that, here's your warning. If you like reading about feminine grief and rage from an unsure adult perspective that seemingly has not "come of age" yet, you'll enjoy this.
"The Girls" was probably my favorite poem of this collection.
"The Girls" was probably my favorite poem of this collection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Infidelity, Transphobia, and Rape
Minor: Genocide, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Grief, Colonisation, Racism, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, and Gaslighting
foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Freedom is safety in its truest form, a luxury not ours.
This book has been on my tbr shelf for 3 years after having been recommended to me by almost everyone I know. I’m so glad I finally picked it up! These poems elicited a deep well of feeling from me and I found myself crying at many points. As a prairie dweller, I appreciated the care and beauty with which Twist described the landscape and her relationship to it. “Iskwêw” was a stand out for me, how she expressed gratitude and pride in Nêhiyaw sisters for those shared threads of connection warmed my heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Colonisation
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