Reviews

Dream Girl by Clementine von Radics

amberlen's review

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

3.0

 This is a solid, coherent collection. There are some really good lines in this, it just didn't blow me away. 

andiadair22's review

5.0

All the stars to Clementine!!!

andymoon's review

3.0

Definitely liked Mouthful of Forevers more, but still a nice collection of poetry touching on themes such as girlhood, love, sexism, etc.

crypticcabal's review

dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

cgcpoems's review

4.0

4.5 stars. Oh, Clementine has brought it even harder this time around. I've read her first work, Mouthful of Forevers, & this one is definitely my favorite (while they're both good). So many poems in here crawled under my skin, personally. It hurt, & I could relate, & the illustrations were fabulous. Dream Girl is a work of the most lovely proportions.

late_stranger's review

5.0

I was so excited to receive this from pre-order; Clementine is one of my favourite poets and this collection keeps that up big time. I especially liked the links between a series of poems, as well as some formal experiments which were so exciting to come across unexpectedly.

helenarmstrong's review

I loved her unique style and the variety of topics in the poems while also joining them in a central "theme." Just a really beautiful collection of poems!

thespiritoftheage's review

5.0

With tears in my eyes I write this review. With tears I read this collection. Tears of memory, tears of aching, of longing. Tears of relief. Von Radics writes to herself, and there is not a more honest voice. Her voice transcends body and soul in a cathartic, painful and joyful experience of rebirth. Words, like blades, like whimpers, like your dearest most forbidden memory. Woman to woman, soul to soul. Pure in its dirty, aching truth. May we Lazarus from her words. May we rise again/ and again, and again.

chashahj's review

4.0

One of my favorite parts of this book is the transcript that creates barriers between 'parts' in the book. The way it slowly transforms from violence into poetry into ash really echoes a lot of the symbolism in their poems. This book is slightly hopeful but the overwhelming theme is dealing with the trauma inflicted on women because they are women. It's a little physically larger and the print is much larger.

emilysusand's review

2.0

I think this would be a one star if not for my five favourite poems. It's strange because usually I like most of the poems whereas I didn't care for many of these poems but the ones I liked I LOVED.

Basically the highlights are:

- When I Say I Hate Men - this put into words a lot of feelings I have
- Nameless - this was like a small gut punch but simply
- Upon Hearing What He Did To You - this really hit me because I've heard this story before
- When I Tried to Warn Her - anyway this is my favourite of potentiall the year because I just love how short and simple it is and the use of referencing ugh