A review by hollyanns
Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

3.0

This is a memoir in verse about Eric and his family, Rez life, and pop culture. It was dripping with references from Batman to the Beatles, and I appreciated all the thematic tie-ins. There was a lot I really liked about the format and the writing, but my frustrations lied with what felt like several very repetitive poems and how much the last half (quarter?) dragged. He’s clearly a good writer, but it felt like there was a lot that could’ve been cut and still told the same story. But as the author said, this book wasn’t written for me, so please take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I’d recommend this to fans of novels in verse, memoirs, or Indigenous literature.