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quotemeasonnet's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
tramhatesu's review against another edition
5.0
"you're in a car with a beautiful boy,
and you're trying not to tell him that you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for."
(24, you are jeff)
and you're trying not to tell him that you love him, and you're trying to choke down the feeling, and you're trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for."
(24, you are jeff)
hali's review against another edition
3.75
I enjoyed this more than War of the Foxes for reasons I can’t explain. Well, maybe it’s the high levels of yearning that is all throughout Crush. We’ll go with that.
Super long poems begin to lose me about halfway through. This is a me problem. Still, some of these works were very compelling.
Some quotes:
“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”
- Little Beasts
“I want to tell you this story without having to be in it.”
- The Torn up Road (5⭐️)
“You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.”
- Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out (5⭐️) [reminds me of Frankenstein and the Creature]
“I will come back from the dead for you… Keep talking. I'll keep walking toward the sound of your voice.”
- You Are Jeff [reminds me of Eurydice]
Super long poems begin to lose me about halfway through. This is a me problem. Still, some of these works were very compelling.
Some quotes:
“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”
- Little Beasts
“I want to tell you this story without having to be in it.”
- The Torn up Road (5⭐️)
“You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.”
- Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out (5⭐️) [reminds me of Frankenstein and the Creature]
“I will come back from the dead for you… Keep talking. I'll keep walking toward the sound of your voice.”
- You Are Jeff [reminds me of Eurydice]
elaine707's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Such gorgeous prose. The use of blank space and the words themselves was breathtaking. I read the intro after reading the poems, and the concept of anxiety is bleeding through the pages. I was wholly captivated.
mcloonejack's review against another edition
4.0
I’m still horrifically bad at reading poetry, but I forced myself to take my time and really appreciate this one, and it helped! It didn’t hurt that Siken’s rawness makes it hard to read too many of his poems in a row.
Virtually every piece in this book is a beautiful car crash (or motorcycle wreck) to the point where I don’t like writing about it because nothing I say will really encapsulate it. Louise Glück’s introduction really sets the scene well when (paraphrasing) she says that this is a collection of obsession and panic. Though there is also an undercurrent of tenderness, both present but also often yearned for.
This rules and will kick your ass. Recommend.
Virtually every piece in this book is a beautiful car crash (or motorcycle wreck) to the point where I don’t like writing about it because nothing I say will really encapsulate it. Louise Glück’s introduction really sets the scene well when (paraphrasing) she says that this is a collection of obsession and panic. Though there is also an undercurrent of tenderness, both present but also often yearned for.
This rules and will kick your ass. Recommend.
17nhammad's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced