A review by _eleanor_k
Landing Light by Don Paterson

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

i preferred the first three quarters; the range of styles, imagery and the strong Scottish influence woven throughout were v beautiful, as were the descriptions of love and home. There was a few descriptions in one poem that felt a little unself-aware (like, bruh, no you do not become one seamless body when youre receiving a hand job, someone else is giving and you are receiving, its a different relationship) however this same poem was also one of my absolute favourites and made me literally loose my shit over the imagery and the passage through time in a bed. The only other poem where I was a little bit ooh idk was the black box one, just felt like the scientific vocab felt a lil' out of place and a few (unless i just didnt understand the metaphor which is HIGHLY likely) felt like they were maybe a bit misused?? idk, this is very likely that its just that i didnt understand it :))