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alinas_'s review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
alyaofwinterfell's review against another edition
dark
tense
1.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault
reevins's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence
stwriter92's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
Having read Amanda Lovelace’s collection “The Princess Saves Herself In This One,” I have to say that this kind of followed the same thread.
I want to preface this with the proclamation that I am a staunch feminist. I do believe that we live in an unequal society. This is something that needs to be fixed. However, I am also equally against the misandry that is sprinkled through this collection.
First of all, the entire thing reads like a collection of tweets that had been saved as drafts to collect dust until they were brushed off and slapped into this collection. It felt very Diet Riot Grl-esque. It reminded me of my own cringe-worthy poetry that I used to write back in high school (I will never show anyone that ever ever ever).
There were a few good ones, I’ll grant that, but the entire thing felt a little too pandering to me. She has a theme of taking the definition of “woman” back from the patriarchy, which is something I can get behind. She also has a theme of taking back the power of feminine anger at a world that was created to keep us downtrodden. These are themes that I can get behind, but the execution feels like it was surface-level observation dressed up to look deeper than it actually was.
One thing I will give her, however, is this idea of being reborn from the ashes. I do think that the phoenix-imagery is very inspiring. I just wish that the execution of this collection had been done better.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship