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re_oanslay's review against another edition
3.0
I grabbed this from the library because I was in the mood for poetry and I’ve read some of Addonzio’s work before. This was a speed read as a form of self-care and, as such, easily fulfilled its purpose. I really enjoyed the section “Wishbone”, which was great becomes it begins the collection but that in itself was a double edged sealed as I kept wanting to go back to it as I read the latter sections.
cdmcc's review against another edition
1.0
Bummer, I usually like her. Hard to get behind "Now there were two of you, / or maybe one, mashed back together / like sandwich halves, / oozing mayonnaise."
celbelrai's review against another edition
The sadness of Addonizio's breakup runs through the whole book.
kavyajanani's review against another edition
3.0
I couldn't finish this because of sleeping troubles that's been distressing me for the past 3 days. I tried to complete it today but I'm drowsy and the long poems aren't helping me. I loved six poems, though. I'll give this a try another time.
annajoyreed93's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This is the first collection I’ve read by Addonozio and it was dynamic and full of creative choices, but I’m not sure I’m in her target audience, as I read through several sections that left me feeling as if I didn’t “get” it. The moments that connected with me really clicked, though:
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire
laurelinwonder's review against another edition
4.0
Addonizio balances the universal ad the personal while exploring love, lust, and mortality. She works carefully within the parameters of her chosen reworking of sonnets to meet readers of today. Some of these poems really grabbed me, while others kind of felt like the same meditation without telling me anything new. But that may just be a personal preference.
maya_irl's review against another edition
3.0
"There's an olive in my higher power.
The jukebox is haunted.
I brandish my glass.
Smoke stinks in my hair.
We must fuck one another."
The jukebox is haunted.
I brandish my glass.
Smoke stinks in my hair.
We must fuck one another."
violetsnswords's review against another edition
3.0
So ok here's the thing. The poems that I understood I loved. But I didn't understand much. I think I'm going to revisit this book when I'm older and a more experienced reader and writer.