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A review by angel_kiiss
The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
1.5
It should have been a red flag to me when I saw this on a list with Rupi Kaur.
I liked that it started with a trigger warning for everything mentioned throughout the book. It's something that should be adopted for all literature, but especially poetry. Unfortunately, it was all down from there.
Poetry is more than just short, punchy sentences, spaced out to "look" like poetry. Everything in this collection felt, unfinished, cliche, and lacked lyricism. The content is strong but the writing renders it free of any real impact and strips it of genuine emotion. This feels like the devastating aftershock of insta-poetry.
Out of everything, I liked only one line, on page 86. I won't even call it a poem, but it was a strong descriptive sentence that I liked.
I liked that it started with a trigger warning for everything mentioned throughout the book. It's something that should be adopted for all literature, but especially poetry. Unfortunately, it was all down from there.
Poetry is more than just short, punchy sentences, spaced out to "look" like poetry. Everything in this collection felt, unfinished, cliche, and lacked lyricism. The content is strong but the writing renders it free of any real impact and strips it of genuine emotion. This feels like the devastating aftershock of insta-poetry.
Out of everything, I liked only one line, on page 86. I won't even call it a poem, but it was a strong descriptive sentence that I liked.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexual assault, Self harm, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Suicide, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Blood