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Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann
7 reviews
buttermellow's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Body shaming
mattyb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Abandonment, Confinement, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit
allie_schick's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm and Eating disorder
meleac07's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcohol, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm
bookbrig's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
This is a collection of pretty issue heavy poetry. It's a good choice for a teen who liked Speak, I think, and the photographs throughout are very well chosen. Also, here's my favorite poem, Nature Lesson:
The dress code says
we must cover ourselves
in
ample pants,
skirts that reach well below
our lascivious knees,
polos buttoned over
the rim of the canyon,
a glimpse of which can send a boy
plunging to such depths
he may never climb back up
to algebra.
We say
that if a hiker strays off the path, trips, and
winds up crippled,
is it really
the canyon's fault?
The dress code says
we must cover ourselves
in
ample pants,
skirts that reach well below
our lascivious knees,
polos buttoned over
the rim of the canyon,
a glimpse of which can send a boy
plunging to such depths
he may never climb back up
to algebra.
We say
that if a hiker strays off the path, trips, and
winds up crippled,
is it really
the canyon's fault?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Eating disorder
abrose2001's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
3.5
It was a short read, and not something I would pick up on my own, but it wasn't boring. The poems didn't form any sort of cohesive story and that took me out of it a little. There were a few in here that I really loved.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Self harm
itsmeyseniab's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
2.0
I appreciated what Christine Heppermann set out to do: write a feminist poetry collection through the eyes of women (especially teens/young adults) while calling back to fairy tales that we all know and love. However, I just didn't click with her style, and can honestly say I really only enjoyed a few poems out of the fifty that were written. The photographs were stunning, but it just wasn't enough to fully pull me in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
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