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A review by allygator
Urbanshee by Siaara Freeman
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Big thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!
This is a really strong debut poetry collection that fails to deliver on all its promises. I think that the marketing for this book does it a huge disservice. It's been advertised as a poetic retelling of myths and fairy tales from the perspective of a black person. However, it's very much Siaara Freeman's story told through poetry that makes use of some mythological motifs.
Once I put that expectation aside, the poetry really shone. It's incredibly well-written and hard-hitting and is something that I'll be thinking about for a while.
In general, I think that if you don't go into this with the thoughts that this is going to be a mythology retelling you'll really love this.
This is a really strong debut poetry collection that fails to deliver on all its promises. I think that the marketing for this book does it a huge disservice. It's been advertised as a poetic retelling of myths and fairy tales from the perspective of a black person. However, it's very much Siaara Freeman's story told through poetry that makes use of some mythological motifs.
Once I put that expectation aside, the poetry really shone. It's incredibly well-written and hard-hitting and is something that I'll be thinking about for a while.
In general, I think that if you don't go into this with the thoughts that this is going to be a mythology retelling you'll really love this.