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A review by cinder_rain
The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
interesting collection. part I was incredible, each poem approached the subject of grief in a new, differently blistering way. part II was also fantastic, though I didn't find it as engaging as the first. I'm sorry to say that most of the rest of the collection lost me, save for a select few poems towards the very end.
it's undeniable that holland-batt is extremely technically skilled - not a single poem wasn't brimming with quicksilver lines. but somewhere along the way they stopped feeling worthwhile. i really struggled to place them within the bigger picture - and perhaps my own expectations were overly bloated after the outstanding first twenty-odd poems.
either way, i'm glad i read it.
it's undeniable that holland-batt is extremely technically skilled - not a single poem wasn't brimming with quicksilver lines. but somewhere along the way they stopped feeling worthwhile. i really struggled to place them within the bigger picture - and perhaps my own expectations were overly bloated after the outstanding first twenty-odd poems.
either way, i'm glad i read it.