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leanneymu 's review for:
The World's Wife: Poems
by Carol Ann Duffy
challenging
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wanted to like this collection more than I did. Though I respect Duffy for writing from the perspective of some unlikeable women, it did make it harder for the poems to resonate for me. I did enjoy some of the poems, but quite a few didn't hit for me. Also, this collection is over 20 years old, and some of the attitudes expressed by the poems' narrators have not aged well. (With a content note for transphobia in one poem.) If nothing else, it's an interesting time capsule for late nineties ideas about the relationships between (heterosexual) men and women.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence