lifeinpoetry's review
4.0
This reminded me of Maggie Nelson's Bluets though I didn't love it quite as much. Interesting, personal, strange (with the foray into an abortion, the ensuing depression, the feminist politics of pornography). This was a quick experimental text on cishet female sexuality with quotes from Woolf, Sontag, etc. interspersed with the thoughts of the author on her relationship and on her own conflicting desires and how those desires interacted with her feminism.
andthyme's review
1.0
I didn't think you could write a book this boring about sex but boy was I wrong
lightsleeperstudio's review against another edition
3.0
Apparently I am on a Katherine Angel hype! This book was gifted to me by a friend after she saw I was reading Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, and found Angel’s debut book for my birthday present. I was expecting it to be similar to her second book, and although themes were comparable, I couldn’t have been more wrong in terms of style. Unmastered flitters between freeform prose, political statements, memoir, poetry. It was a bit disorientating to begin with, especially as there are sometimes only four words on a page - I couldn’t help but think what a waste of paper. But as I sunk into it and understood the form, I enjoyed it more and more. She writes so passionately, I can feel her fire. It is erotic, political and vulnerable, I can see how her exploration of subject in this book stemmed into TSWBGA. The book is a quick read, I finished it in 3 days, but I feel you may be able to in one sitting if you love poetic prose.
anyastasi's review against another edition
5.0
Disjointed, poetic, the wide open space of the pages, this book explores femininity, masculinity, feminism, sexuality, life, literature, desire, pornography, politics with just a few lines on a page. Inspiring and informative by way of an intimate glimpse into the private mind of the author, it captures years of intimacy in a flash and leaves a great deal open to interpretation.
emiliagonzalez1999's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
littlesophie's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderfully gentle and brave exploration of the workings of desire. Angel comfortably takes her topic across the border into poetry, in order to wring more truth out of it. I found this highly intelligent and deeply emotional at the same time.