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A review by southern_chime
Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger
5.0
Another fantastic poetry collection from Sara Tantlinger!
I'll start this review off with saying that I don't normally read poetry. It has never been my favorite genre and a lot of the time the symbolism goes straight over my head. The poems in Cradleland of Parasites, however, are so well written that the story comes across crystal clear while still maintaining an eerie and haunting vibe. Tantlinger does a fantastic job in bringing the horrors of the black death to life by taking a ground level approach. While reading the poems you begin to feel this increasing level of dread while you try to grapple with the fact that real people lived through this event.
I'll start this review off with saying that I don't normally read poetry. It has never been my favorite genre and a lot of the time the symbolism goes straight over my head. The poems in Cradleland of Parasites, however, are so well written that the story comes across crystal clear while still maintaining an eerie and haunting vibe. Tantlinger does a fantastic job in bringing the horrors of the black death to life by taking a ground level approach. While reading the poems you begin to feel this increasing level of dread while you try to grapple with the fact that real people lived through this event.