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growintogardens's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia and Sexual content
Minor: Violence
leanneymu's review against another edition
challenging
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I wanted to like this collection more than I did. Though I respect Duffy for writing from the perspective of some unlikeable women, it did make it harder for the poems to resonate for me. I did enjoy some of the poems, but quite a few didn't hit for me. Also, this collection is over 20 years old, and some of the attitudes expressed by the poems' narrators have not aged well. (With a content note for transphobia in one poem.) If nothing else, it's an interesting time capsule for late nineties ideas about the relationships between (heterosexual) men and women.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Transphobia, and Sexual content
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