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km_books's review
3.0
I have lots of thoughts about this poetry collection and will be compiling them into a blog post that will be posted hopefully within the week!
I’ve rated it three stars because some of the original poetry was enjoyable, but after researching and reading the remixed poetry I have some … ‘concerns’ is too strong of a word but it feels a little … wrong to make some things into art. But I will be exploring these ideas further within my blog post!
I’ve rated it three stars because some of the original poetry was enjoyable, but after researching and reading the remixed poetry I have some … ‘concerns’ is too strong of a word but it feels a little … wrong to make some things into art. But I will be exploring these ideas further within my blog post!
tipsybookworm's review
3.0
I think the poetry is well-crafted and that Silva-Dunbar is a great writer. As someone who is only loosely familiar with Allison Mack as an individual and has a very basic understanding of the logistics around the case, I did find it hard to connect with a lot of the poems in the way the author intended.
The concept was interesting but also a little uncomfortable, I think the circumstances surrounding Allison's case made me feel a little eerie with the content of this collection, especially with how recent it was. It's very much in a grey area for me after reading. I also felt like the collection heavily relied on remix poems, which given the concept makes sense, but I'm not the biggest fan of them.
This is my first introduction to Silva-Dunbar's writing and I am intrigued to read more of their work.
Trigger warning(?): read into Allison Mack's charges before picking up this collection.
Thank you Querencia Press for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review
The concept was interesting but also a little uncomfortable, I think the circumstances surrounding Allison's case made me feel a little eerie with the content of this collection, especially with how recent it was. It's very much in a grey area for me after reading. I also felt like the collection heavily relied on remix poems, which given the concept makes sense, but I'm not the biggest fan of them.
This is my first introduction to Silva-Dunbar's writing and I am intrigued to read more of their work.
Trigger warning(?): read into Allison Mack's charges before picking up this collection.
Thank you Querencia Press for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review
amberoooo's review
dark
reflective
3.5
Before reading this book I had no idea who Allison Mack was or what she was involved in. About 1/4 of the way through I actually had to look her up because this book gave no back story which was a little weird to me. I did really enjoy it though once I knew a little more about her. I would definitely recommend this book to others who enjoy poetry.
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