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A review by splattergunk
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox
4.0
Most people look at celebrity poetry and generally don’t have positive thoughts on the content of said published works, especially given the recent uptick in celebrity poetry in the last handful of years. Though this trend is more prominent with musicians.
There are a lot of poems in this collection that don’t particularly appeal to me stylistically. They’re more reminiscent of what a young, beginning writer would find in their first drafts.
If I feel that way, why rate this collection so high? Because poetry is subjective but it’s also about intent. Some works are left up to the interpretation of the reader, but with “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous” this is not the case. The message is clear and it’s actually quite heart wrenching. The quality of the poetry is subjective to the reader and isn’t what matters here. Megan Fox express the pain, heartache, anguish, and grief that she has endured in her own life (and that of the persona of her poems’ narrators) and for me, that is all I need to prove how great this book is and how much it truly means.
If someone can relate to it or find healing and community in what Megan Fox has written, then this book has done its job.
There are a lot of poems in this collection that don’t particularly appeal to me stylistically. They’re more reminiscent of what a young, beginning writer would find in their first drafts.
If I feel that way, why rate this collection so high? Because poetry is subjective but it’s also about intent. Some works are left up to the interpretation of the reader, but with “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous” this is not the case. The message is clear and it’s actually quite heart wrenching. The quality of the poetry is subjective to the reader and isn’t what matters here. Megan Fox express the pain, heartache, anguish, and grief that she has endured in her own life (and that of the persona of her poems’ narrators) and for me, that is all I need to prove how great this book is and how much it truly means.
If someone can relate to it or find healing and community in what Megan Fox has written, then this book has done its job.