mallaeuswastaken's review against another edition
3.0
Liked this a lot! Not much to say about it that I haven't said for the previous collection!
shannon5's review against another edition
3.0
I love Maggie Nelson’s work and read her books from most recent to oldest. This book demonstrates all the potential she shows much later on in her life, but it doesn’t quite have the brilliance of Bluets. Still, there are a few shining poems in this collection.
hboss22's review against another edition
4.0
The house is over. That is,
what you never went back for
has been loaded into a dumpster...
This is memory
weather, and I remember
the roof in summer. How it stood.
How we stood upon it.
what you never went back for
has been loaded into a dumpster...
This is memory
weather, and I remember
the roof in summer. How it stood.
How we stood upon it.
hey_itsbee's review
reflective
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
3.25
alexluceli's review against another edition
5.0
this was more of a 4 star read if we are being, like, Objective, but I am sad and I recently reread Maggie Nelson’s ‘Something Bright, Then Holes’ (read it for the first time like 2 yrs ago) which was a really impactful read for me and is still one of my fave poetry collections evr, so even tho her debut collection was lacking a lot of the gut punches that SBTH has and she uses way too many exclamation points in the beginning poems, maybe like 60% of the poems were 5 star poems and made my heart do Things and that’s good enough for me to give it 5 stars on Goodreads
endraia's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
justanothersamsmith's review against another edition
1.0
With a tone reminiscent of a watered down Sylvia Plath, this debut collection did have some moments. For future reference my favourite poems upon my first reading were: Today's Snow, Eighteen Days Until Christmas, The Deep Blue Sea, The Ovals and Apology. Not my favourite collection however it has merit, albeit sparse :))
thrilled's review against another edition
2.0
this reminded me of the kids in workshop who thought good poetry meant being as obscure and inaccessible as possible. there are some bright sparks in here, but not nearly enough
mallaeus's review against another edition
3.0
Liked this a lot! Not much to say about it that I haven't said for the previous collection!