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A review by neni
the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
1.5
I don't get why this type of format is so popular. Full respect for the author, she has as much right to publish her work as anyone else, but I genuinely thought this was weak af.
There was no real structure to the "poems", no particular beauty in the phrasing, and I honestly struggle to even call it poetry, when all it felt like was a continuous stream of consciousness speech about (albeit important, necessary) topics that are so overdone in the public discourse because they get "clicks" , they begin to lose all meaning. I don't think these types of works especially do these topics and these struggles any justice because there weren't any actual insights or substance to the poems , it's almost like they were just there for the angsty/emo aesthethic and not much else.
There has to be a way to approach these themes in a more engaging thoughtful way and this book just wasn't it.
There was no real structure to the "poems", no particular beauty in the phrasing, and I honestly struggle to even call it poetry, when all it felt like was a continuous stream of consciousness speech about (albeit important, necessary) topics that are so overdone in the public discourse because they get "clicks" , they begin to lose all meaning. I don't think these types of works especially do these topics and these struggles any justice because there weren't any actual insights or substance to the poems , it's almost like they were just there for the angsty/emo aesthethic and not much else.
There has to be a way to approach these themes in a more engaging thoughtful way and this book just wasn't it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Racism