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funeralopolis's review
5.0
yves olade is one of my favorite poets to ever exist and these poems made my chest hurt!!!!! what the fuck!!!!!!! im a slut for religious themes and metaphors and i was fed SO good !!!!!!! the poem ‘belovéd’ is quite literally my favorite thing to ever exist on this earth i’ve never read something more beautiful !!!! i love u yves !!!!!!!
rageturner's review
5.0
hate myself for destielcoding this but its basically begging for it. anyway ripped me to shreds tore my guts open blah blah im hollow yeah yeah.
trueromance's review
5.0
yves olade is one of my favorite poets to ever exist and these poems made my chest hurt!!!!! what the fuck!!!!!!! im a slut for religious themes and metaphors and i was fed SO good !!!!!!! the poem ‘belovéd’ is quite literally my favorite thing to ever exist on this earth i’ve never read something more beautiful !!!! i love u yves !!!!!!!
sweetrow's review
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
4.5
rich… will be returning to reread many times over
white_echo's review
4.0
-> This is a very personal review - I am mostly expressing how I feel regarding the book, not necessarily judging it!
"Slaughterhouse", despite shortness in length, if counting by pages, was a long read because of its specific thickness of words&their images. The theme of violence and desire are heavy, and the sentences feel heavy as well - I felt as if most of them were dipped in a heavy sort of liquid - like thick blood or oil. It made me walk through the poems slowly. I enjoyed this - as parts challenged me and forced me to think more abstractly. It really was a very emotional experience, requiring quite a bit of letting yourself dive deep into necessarily pleasant feelings, which for me was deeply enjoyable and very impressive. On the other hand - it was also a little bit difficult to swallow and at times I did wonder - is it not too much, too heavy - doesn't it feel a little bit forced? I found certain sentences almost too purely nice sounding, without much meaning tied to them as if thrown a little bit accidentally, just because the specific words had a nice ring to them. It did not feel as natural to me as "Bloodsport" did. However, finding the last poem the lightest and most easy to grasp for myself I've come to appreciate the moments of unease I felt in the previous works. The simple felt good, but it also made me realize how I judge the poems by their easiness for me, by their natural relevance to my own experiences - and that is not what I should always measure them with. Sure - when it comes to first impression and joy - I will still pick them. But it's with the less easy ones that I grow into learning to see and relate to more. This is why despite enjoying Slaughterhouse slightly less than Bloodsport and also feeling unsure about actually liking a few things about it, I do see it as a wonderful collection and even more a huge experience to read!
"Slaughterhouse", despite shortness in length, if counting by pages, was a long read because of its specific thickness of words&their images. The theme of violence and desire are heavy, and the sentences feel heavy as well - I felt as if most of them were dipped in a heavy sort of liquid - like thick blood or oil. It made me walk through the poems slowly. I enjoyed this - as parts challenged me and forced me to think more abstractly. It really was a very emotional experience, requiring quite a bit of letting yourself dive deep into necessarily pleasant feelings, which for me was deeply enjoyable and very impressive. On the other hand - it was also a little bit difficult to swallow and at times I did wonder - is it not too much, too heavy - doesn't it feel a little bit forced? I found certain sentences almost too purely nice sounding, without much meaning tied to them as if thrown a little bit accidentally, just because the specific words had a nice ring to them. It did not feel as natural to me as "Bloodsport" did. However, finding the last poem the lightest and most easy to grasp for myself I've come to appreciate the moments of unease I felt in the previous works. The simple felt good, but it also made me realize how I judge the poems by their easiness for me, by their natural relevance to my own experiences - and that is not what I should always measure them with. Sure - when it comes to first impression and joy - I will still pick them. But it's with the less easy ones that I grow into learning to see and relate to more. This is why despite enjoying Slaughterhouse slightly less than Bloodsport and also feeling unsure about actually liking a few things about it, I do see it as a wonderful collection and even more a huge experience to read!
divinavulpes's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
i'm not joking when i say yves olade completely changed my life and no other poet can make me feel quite like this because it seems like he lets out all these things i try to repress in the most beautiful way possible and it feels so liberating and you know he just Gets It
ana_sin_e's review
5.0
Nada que pueda escribir se acerca siquiera a la fuerza brutal que tiene cada poema de Yves.
"I used to be so good and look where it got me: my body like stars, gathering dusk."
"solía ser tan buenx y mira a donde me ha llevado: mi cuerpo como estrellas, acumula penumbra."
"I used to be so good and look where it got me: my body like stars, gathering dusk."
"solía ser tan buenx y mira a donde me ha llevado: mi cuerpo como estrellas, acumula penumbra."
stubbornjerk's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I love Yves Olade's writing. Highly recommend. I've gushed about all of his poems so many times. I feel like every time I reread it I end up crying.