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laylalozada's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
k5tog's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
I had to read a book of poetry for a reading challenge. My husband and daughter like Mary Oliver, so I thought I'd do this one. First, I don't like most poetry and will never read it unless I have to. Second, why did I pick such a long book of poetry! Third, while I liked a few of the poems, I found most boring and/or confusing. Poetry is just not my thing.
catcherinthepi's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Great collection of Mary Oliver's work. I love how much reading her poems makes me more mindful of my surroundings and take nature less for granted. Slight knock on the stars since some of her older work has some poems about Indigenous people that feel like she's exoticizing them.
kymargeaux's review against another edition
4.0
I have read other collections of her poems and this one seemed to be mostly depressing.
frankensteinscreature's review against another edition
In her nature poetry, Oliver becomes a death poet too, and that is what I most love about this collection