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blueberry31's review
5.0
I read this in one sitting, it was so gripping. This long poem takes you on a sombre journey into the broken lives of seven strangers who face different shades of darkness: addiction, heartbreak, loss, lack of meaning, fear... It points fingers at our individualism, at how we distance ourselves from the despair of the world. We are protecting ourselves by retreating, when really our only chance to survive is to come out in the rain, vulnerable and afraid, to reconnect with one another as humans.
Beautiful and intense. The part on Pious was particularly strong for me. This was my first time reading a long poem format and it will definitely not be the last.
Beautiful and intense. The part on Pious was particularly strong for me. This was my first time reading a long poem format and it will definitely not be the last.
ratgrrrl's review
5.0
It's 0418 seven perfect strangers are awake and a storm is coming. That storm is Kae Tempest.
Another exquisite narrative concept album for Tempest exploring a a snapshot of seven different lives and experies connected by being awake in the middle of the night and walking into the storm.
Banging, moving, thoughtful, relevant, critical, lyrical.
My attempt to review is pitiful.
But I love it.
Another exquisite narrative concept album for Tempest exploring a a snapshot of seven different lives and experies connected by being awake in the middle of the night and walking into the storm.
Banging, moving, thoughtful, relevant, critical, lyrical.
My attempt to review is pitiful.
But I love it.
geenybell's review
5.0
This was written in 2016 and it shows- with an indulgent nihilism that 2022 just does not make sense of. But I remember 2016. I remember the approaching crisis from all sides of history and feeling so strongly that the angst was justified and perhaps a tool to be used as a force for change. We know differently now., perhaps. We know we make sense of the madness and find moments of joy in the destruction, we have to for survival. And joy is not lesser because of the context.
Would love to hear this is performed by Kae. Magical, moving, urgent, unapologetic.
On first reading I know It deserves another read almost immediately, yet I want to let it digest.
I leave inspired for my own poetry, and my own living.
While I don’t necessarily subscribe to the pessimistic outlook and premise of the writing- nihilism- it was so affective I’m nearly convinced. More depressed or more hopeful? Unsure.
Would love to hear this is performed by Kae. Magical, moving, urgent, unapologetic.
On first reading I know It deserves another read almost immediately, yet I want to let it digest.
I leave inspired for my own poetry, and my own living.
While I don’t necessarily subscribe to the pessimistic outlook and premise of the writing- nihilism- it was so affective I’m nearly convinced. More depressed or more hopeful? Unsure.
smtvash's review
5.0
An engaging, dark, but revealing long poem from poet Kae Tempest .
Released in 2017 alongside it's excellent audio. Let Them Eat Chaos has been revealing the darkness of modern society before the world experienced it all in real time.
I remembered this poem throughout the last few years: mass shootings, the pandemic, George Floyd, the multiple conflicts in the middle east, Ukraine, forest fires... and on and on and on and on.
Let Them Eat Chaos isn't hopeless, it's just revealing the matter of our existence on this planet and the heavy price we pay to leave it as is.
Released in 2017 alongside it's excellent audio. Let Them Eat Chaos has been revealing the darkness of modern society before the world experienced it all in real time.
I remembered this poem throughout the last few years: mass shootings, the pandemic, George Floyd, the multiple conflicts in the middle east, Ukraine, forest fires... and on and on and on and on.
Let Them Eat Chaos isn't hopeless, it's just revealing the matter of our existence on this planet and the heavy price we pay to leave it as is.
r_snail52's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
4.0
Absolutely gorgeous, difficult, interesting poetry to read- I adore its cohesive structure back to the same overarching narrative - please read this book