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nina5sophie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
LOVED IT
jenpaul13's review against another edition
3.0
Witches tend to be powerful women who have been feared throughout the ages and though they may be filled with fire, they don't always burn, as explored in Amanda Lovelace's The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One.
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This collection of poems encourages and empowers women to embrace their inner fires and seize control of their stories despite how others may be trying to turn their fire into a weapon against them. The feminist ideas conveyed through the text are important and recognizable and it's particularly commendable for the author to provide trigger warnings for the types of topical content that the pages address. There’s a generalized depiction of men throughout who have anger directed toward them and some ideas and phrases are consistently repeated, which detracts from the power of the concepts being conveyed. Though the format of the poems, which are a word or two per line, is quick to read, it does get visually tiring to consistently be moving your eyes down the page to take in the overly segmented words; however, unlike the first collection, there were periodic visual breaks where the text on the page appeared more like prose in a paragraph.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
This collection of poems encourages and empowers women to embrace their inner fires and seize control of their stories despite how others may be trying to turn their fire into a weapon against them. The feminist ideas conveyed through the text are important and recognizable and it's particularly commendable for the author to provide trigger warnings for the types of topical content that the pages address. There’s a generalized depiction of men throughout who have anger directed toward them and some ideas and phrases are consistently repeated, which detracts from the power of the concepts being conveyed. Though the format of the poems, which are a word or two per line, is quick to read, it does get visually tiring to consistently be moving your eyes down the page to take in the overly segmented words; however, unlike the first collection, there were periodic visual breaks where the text on the page appeared more like prose in a paragraph.
augustanmf's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 ⭐
what if the devil is just a woman who was banished to hell to stoke the flames as punishment for standing up to him?
- lilith.
what if the devil is just a woman who was banished to hell to stoke the flames as punishment for standing up to him?
- lilith.
konvineo's review against another edition
3.0
This one is difficult to rate for me. I liked some part and I didn't really like other parts.
I really like the imagery of this series, because using fairy tales and witches will almost always be a plus in my book. I liked the trigger warnings in the beginning of the book, since triggers are a thing despite what some people on the internet thinks (also the triggers are actual triggers, not the weird as hell watered down stuff that I saw on tumblr some years ago).
I could relate to some of the poems and kind of understand the anger this collection projects. On the other hand in some places it feels super aggressive in a way that I super can't relate with. I also think there's a lot of generalization both towards women and men. I honestly was not a fan of the misandry poem because I don't believe it and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there, because some people might use it as a tool to justify their misandry. Misogyni ain't good but so isn't misandry.
But I think the whole point of the collection is to project anger, which it does well. I've felt a similar anger but it can feel long winded if there's no upside to it in a book like this... in my opinion.
I really like the imagery of this series, because using fairy tales and witches will almost always be a plus in my book. I liked the trigger warnings in the beginning of the book, since triggers are a thing despite what some people on the internet thinks (also the triggers are actual triggers, not the weird as hell watered down stuff that I saw on tumblr some years ago).
I could relate to some of the poems and kind of understand the anger this collection projects. On the other hand in some places it feels super aggressive in a way that I super can't relate with. I also think there's a lot of generalization both towards women and men. I honestly was not a fan of the misandry poem because I don't believe it and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there, because some people might use it as a tool to justify their misandry. Misogyni ain't good but so isn't misandry.
But I think the whole point of the collection is to project anger, which it does well. I've felt a similar anger but it can feel long winded if there's no upside to it in a book like this... in my opinion.
keimre734's review against another edition
5.0
I’m not sure how this was possible but I think I loved and enjoyed this book even more than Amanda Lovelace’s first book of poetry in this series. I can’t wait to see what she has in store for me for the last book in this poetry series.
I honestly wish this poetry series would have been around when I was in middle school and high school because I feel like I could have benefited so much from reading this at that age. I was really self conscious at that age and would have loved reading these poems.
I honestly wish this poetry series would have been around when I was in middle school and high school because I feel like I could have benefited so much from reading this at that age. I was really self conscious at that age and would have loved reading these poems.
allyerrante's review against another edition
3.0
Don’t get me wrong, parts of this book were really good. I enjoyed a lot of it. It just did not reach me as much as her first book did…