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Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson

22 reviews

jeslis's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

- No rating because non-fiction, although my enjoyment of it overall was 4/5!
- Some were a bit hit and miss but I appreciated the style more after I found out it was slam poetry.
- I was really struck by the vivid imagery and stories of the LGBTQIA+ experience in these poems; I really felt how impactful these were.

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mmontgomery's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This wrecked me a lot. I’m a bit of a mess over here writing this. Everyone should read it immediately.

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hwerle's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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denaliann's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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hadiii's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

2.75

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franksfiction's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

3.25

This book reminded me of when you go out on a first date, and the date is going well. But then, as the date progresses, you're starting to feel like maybe a second date isn't a good idea. That's what I felt with this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed a couple of poems; "Boomerang Valentine" and "Dear Tinder" were two examples. "Orlando" related to the shooting in Pulse felt insensitive. Also, I am not a Trump supporter, yet I started to feel annoyed by the amount of times Gibson brought him up. Overall, the blurb was misleading as it didn't mention how political the poetry gets.

I also want to respect the author's passion for her poetry; you can feel that while reading. Maybe if I was listening to the spoken word instead of reading, it would be a different experience. It was challenging to develop a rating for this book, but when one reviewer mentioned how it felt like the poet came off as an angsty teenager, I realized they hit the nail on the head.

I would recommend this book to people who like Buzzfeed, feminists, and people who enjoy arguing on Facebook.

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madamegeneva's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Beautiful, sad, and hopeful all at once. “Orlando” and “America, Reloading” were heartbreaking dedications to America’s gun violence crisis - “Orlando” in particular made me emotional.

My two favourites were “Fight for Love” and “Living Proof”. “Living Proof”’s story of the author and the man on the bridge intertwined was extremely moving to me.

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ourxstorybegins's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

The issues I had with this probably just come from the fact that reading poetry is hard for me sometimes? The formatting of a few of them threw me off. That said, absolutely stunning book. Heartwrenching work but definitely worth the read.

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niliii's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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katharina90's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have so much love for Andrea Gibson and there are many poems and lines in this collection that I keep coming back to. "America, Reloading" in particular is incredibly powerful.

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