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O princezně, která se zachránila sama by Amanda Lovelace

21 reviews

avidreader5678's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

0.5

the princess saves herself in this one and its sequels are poetry books I've heard about for years, and they've been on my TBR for just as long. As a poet and vast consumer of poetry myself, when I tell people I like poetry, they're liable to say that this is the only poetry they've read and/or enjoyed lately.

Now that I have read the princess saves herself in this one, I find that to be a deeply disappointing thing to hear.

Lovelace's poetry is juvenile and saccharine, melodramatic in an uninspired and unoriginal way. She seems to think that clever wordplay is the only tool in poetry's bag. There is no sense of specificity in her imagery (on the rare occasion she describes something enough for it to be imagined), no room for readers to draw their own meaning, and no escape from the cliché and heavy-trodden.

Much like her poetry, Lovelace's politics are not particularly groundbreaking, either. They're not bad, she's on the right track, but they're as juvenile as the writing itself. I mean, seriously, hailing this as a great feminist text when she still appears to be in the 101 level of her understanding is frankly embarrassing.

I give this one a lower rating than usual for bad poetry books because 1) Lovelace considers herself a poet by trade and 2) because it has done irreparable damage to poetry as a form since its popularization. I'm all about loving a shitty piece of writing (ask me how I feel about My Immortal) but let's be honest about quality, please. (Personally, I don't even think this book has enough substance to be bad in an interesting way, but if you've found it, more power to you.)

Also, I can see now that this text heavily inspired Megan Fox's Pretty Boys Are Poisonous and can't help but think the popularity of Lovelace's work have something to do with how Fox's ended up so badly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

The tagged warnings are listed the front of the book, along with these untaggable ones: -Trauma -Menstruation

smilingzombiess's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

shufields's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

lizkocher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

booksawyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace is (I think) the first poetry collection I’ve ever read, and I absolutely loved it! 

I was hooked from the first poem I read this collection. The author eloquently tackles challenging themes with beautiful language. She uses a lot of metaphors, with the concept of being a “Princess” being a reoccurring theme. I think it is evident that a lot of care went into creating these poems. 

From reading other reviews, I gathered that Lovelace’s style of writing is polarizing, as it is a non-traditional poetry style. I’m not that familiar with this art form, so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I can absolutely say that I loved the author’s writing style. I found it to be very unique, and the poems to be expertly written.

I can’t wait to check out Amanda Lovelace’s other collections, and I’m excited to keep reading more poetry in general! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

This book also contains minor mentions of the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

robinks's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

3.5

There were definitely some lines that gave me pause, and I can see how creating this work would be a cathartic/therapeutic experience for Lovelace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

krissnotjenner's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.0

this doesn't even look like a poetry book, just random thoughts from her notes app

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Alcohol

loki_sdaughter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent