therainbowshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Police brutality, Grief, and Chronic illness
yellow_star's review
3.75
There's also themes of racism, bigotry, etc. There are also the related slurs.
The nature poems are so fresh! I love the completely new to me imagery for nature.
The poverty poems are also completely relatable.
I'm not a huge fan of poems that jump all over the place like a lot of modern literary poetry does, but each poem is usually about some topic and mostly continues the same conversation. There's still a little bit of chaotic unrelated subject changes but very little.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Physical abuse, Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Gore, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Classism, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Slavery
rlgreen91's review against another edition
5.0
Revisiting "fall poem" on this Sunday October evening is the best way to cap off this collection. I'm already looked forward to the next thing I read by Smith. 5 stars.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Cursing
Moderate: Death, Police brutality, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent and Medical content
lcyarnall1's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Racism, Death, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Suicidal thoughts
dianakamau's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Terminal illness
egmamaril's review
4.0
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
invaderlinz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence