notesofacrocodile 's review for:

Teething by Megha Rao

4.0

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4.5☆ — a wonderful book of poetry in verse, moving and poignant, coated with a dusty layer of nostalgia and darkness, and echoing with the sharp sting of bygone intimacies. it was pleasing to read the work of such a talented poet who happens to be from the same part of india as me, and i enjoyed the references as megha rao artfully and seamlessly combined the weight of the two languages together to create teething. my only complaint was that the premise felt slightly different from what the book ended up actually dedicating itself to, but the writing does make it worth it