emquartz15's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I found these poems hard to digest because of the intense mix of vocabulary, subject matter, and lengthiness. However, overall, I believe it was worth the read. The speaker’s pain is often palpable, and the imagery is fresh and thought-provoking.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Death
furbae's review against another edition
3.0
Lovely writing, and difficult to read. I have plans to revisit when my brain is a bit more in the groove! (In the groove?)
kp_writ's review against another edition
3.25
Some great poems - especially in the beginning - but many others that did not engage me as much.
catlandia91's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this collection, although I think I definitely need to reread it to absorb the language and flow better. There was a lot of ache and sorrow in these ones, and I thought Pimentel did well putting emotion into words. Overall a solid book.
balancinghistorybooks's review
4.0
Pimentel's poems are searingly evocative, emotive, bleak, dark, and packed to the brim with violence and heartbreak. There is a sensual feel to the whole, too; she weaves together so many themes and emotions in rather a masterful way. For Want of Water almost bubbles over with its grief, and is immensely powerful in consequence.
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