Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Crush by Richard Siken

18 reviews

feliciaguestwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Crush was a dark whirlwind that had me in awe every time I finished a poem. There wasn't a single piece of this collection that I did not find utterly intriguing. His writing is the sort that will remain in the back of my mind forever, consuming my thoughts for days after I've put down the book. I have read Crush dozens of times and intend to read it a thousand times more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Grief

honest_soupe's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

gay ! gay poetry ! put my heart in a bottle and shook it really hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Death, and Grief

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Blood

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Hate crime

joshmacaroni's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Death, Violence, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, and Alcoholism

anoushka05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

tailwhip's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

bemsjames's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, and Homophobia

mtw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

books_onthe_ground's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

5.0

I cannot explain how much these poems mean to me. There are multiple times whilst reading this where I have to put the book down to cry or take a breather. I’m going to get a tattoo relating to these poems at some point that’s how much I love them. If there’s one poetry book I’m going to carry around for the rest of my life, it’s this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship