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pixiedust_ 's review for:
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems
by Megan Fox
Rating. 2.5
The poems are alright; there is not much to write home about. Some are Rupi Kaur-esque, as many people have already said, but others are so short that I barely have an opinion on them. They feel unfinished. As if there's a word, a sentence, or an entire stanza missing. Some of the titles are cutesy, and others are cringeworthy.
"And so I have spent all of my life making myself small so that others can feel confident. I have a savior/martyr complex." [dear reader//preface]
The entire preface was sooo real and relatable and actually constructed with what felt like purpose. Not just "cool" or "quirky" words strung together to make a ten-word, ten-lined poem that barely fits half the page. I only wish that the poetry was structured like the preface and written that way, confessional and vulnerable. Instead of overly thought out and ruined by cliche metaphors or ones that aren't executed well enough.
The poems are alright; there is not much to write home about. Some are Rupi Kaur-esque, as many people have already said, but others are so short that I barely have an opinion on them. They feel unfinished. As if there's a word, a sentence, or an entire stanza missing. Some of the titles are cutesy, and others are cringeworthy.
"And so I have spent all of my life making myself small so that others can feel confident. I have a savior/martyr complex." [dear reader//preface]
The entire preface was sooo real and relatable and actually constructed with what felt like purpose. Not just "cool" or "quirky" words strung together to make a ten-word, ten-lined poem that barely fits half the page. I only wish that the poetry was structured like the preface and written that way, confessional and vulnerable. Instead of overly thought out and ruined by cliche metaphors or ones that aren't executed well enough.