Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

What Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate Baer

9 reviews

amissabellator's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Miscarriage, Violence, and Kidnapping

While told often through metaphor, there is much insight into pregnancy, motherhood, and fear surrounding child death. There are also brief, metaphorical descriptions of childbirth. It is highly implied that children die in the story (

Baer describes losing a child of her own and the text possibly alludes to miscarriage/stillbirth

). There are also overall discussions of misogyny in wider society, as well as an instance of implied SA

in a poem which describes a man possibly drugging and then sleeping with a woman (consent is dubious/non-existent)

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theatrealpaca's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

hubes's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Child death

heavenh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The poems were really well written, but I had trouble relating to the author's voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault

Contains a lot of poetry about motherhood.

camillatd's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

I have not, historically, been a big poetry reader, but wanted to challenge myself this year to read more poetry. I am so glad that I started with Kate Baer. Her poems are both incredibly intimate and somehow universally relatable, brimming with heart, conviction, and clever observations. I loved this collection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

aussiemom_com's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

ninaw's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Medical content

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

hopeful relaxing fast-paced

4.0

I received a free copy from Harper Perennial in exchange for my honest review.

This is a short, but powerful collection of poems. I marked quite a few poems in my book, especially in part 1. This is Baer's first collection and I sure hope it won't be her last. Plus, who can say no to the beautiful cover on this one??

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

5.0

Kate Baer's poetry is phenomenal. I read this in one sitting and I want to tell every woman I know to read this book--but also everyone else too. There are lines from this collection that will stay with me forever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Infidelity