A review by dylan2219
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

Hmmm. Difficult to make heads or tails of. Some truly chest-clutchingly brilliant bits in here, some really cringe ones, some a little too ephemeral. Honestly, I feel like I like the idea of Maggie Nelson's writing and what I sense she is grasping for more than the real thing, but I respect her for trying! She's playing with form, she's messy and emotional while being intellectually dense and stimulating. Bluets is an emotional and engaging experiment, I just don't know how I feel about what it amounts to. It doesn't linger very long, almost too light for me, even though it does genuinely plumb into some really beautiful moments. I just needed a little more to grab onto. But, I feel like I will return to this again - it took me about 90 minutes to read - and probably gain new thoughts, little ideas to keep thinking about.
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