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A review by bobsacoolword
If My Body Could Speak by Blythe Baird
4.0
**I RECEIVED A COPY OF THE BOOK FROM THE PUBLISHER IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW**
In today’s age where trigger warning are nearly expected for anything with tough topics, it’s important to note that this book should have warnings for disordered eating, sexual assault, and LGBTQIA+ topics (apologies if this sounds off—she discusses things like queer identity, coming out, and acceptance as a queer person, which I know can be triggering for some individuals). The majority of the poems are related to these topics.
I’ve seen—and loved—many of these poems on Button Poetry so it was nice to read them and revisit them. I had expected from the cover that the majority of the poems would relate to disordered eating and from her previous performances, I knew to expect sexual assault-related poems but I had hoped to see more variance in the topics discussed. I would have liked to see some poems that weren’t about disorder eating or sexual assault.
I love so many of Button Poetry’s authors and I think they tend to knock it out of the park but this one slightly missed the mark for me. It was a solid 4/5, but I don’t believe it will be a book I revisit.
In today’s age where trigger warning are nearly expected for anything with tough topics, it’s important to note that this book should have warnings for disordered eating, sexual assault, and LGBTQIA+ topics (apologies if this sounds off—she discusses things like queer identity, coming out, and acceptance as a queer person, which I know can be triggering for some individuals). The majority of the poems are related to these topics.
I’ve seen—and loved—many of these poems on Button Poetry so it was nice to read them and revisit them. I had expected from the cover that the majority of the poems would relate to disordered eating and from her previous performances, I knew to expect sexual assault-related poems but I had hoped to see more variance in the topics discussed. I would have liked to see some poems that weren’t about disorder eating or sexual assault.
I love so many of Button Poetry’s authors and I think they tend to knock it out of the park but this one slightly missed the mark for me. It was a solid 4/5, but I don’t believe it will be a book I revisit.