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beanybean5000's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, and Self harm
brookeisbusyreading's review against another edition
2.0
First, it was too long. No poetry book should be ober 200 pages in my opinion. Plus, by the time I got done reading the short essays at the end, I pretty much forgot I had been reading a poetry book.
Second, why did so many of the illustrations not go with the poems? They didn’t really add anything else to them either. There was also this random rat/mouse drawing with words in a bubble that kept showing up but why…? And there were 3 naked women illustrated yet the ‘poems’ before and after them didn’t seem to be about exposing herself spiritually, for example, or rediscovering her body, etc.
Third, nearly all of the poems rhymed, but they felt…lazy? I don’t like that word when it comes to rhyming poetry since rhyming poems can be wonderful, but this book makes me lean more toward the lazy side. I felt like the rhymes were forced in majority of the poems just for the sake of rhyming. (Readers can tell when it’s something writers force or when it comes naturally.)
Lastly, the poems were A) too simple, B) not poems at all (or even affirmations), and/or C) just opposites put together to create the illusion of poems. I don’t mind simplistic or short poetry when it’s done well - because it can hit HARD in the right ways - but this book completely missed the mark for me.
It seems like nearly every popular poetry book I read I end up disliking. Maybe I should just stick to indie authors. At least I don’t tend to get frustrated or bored halfway through.
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder
Minor: Rape
Just don’t read itkyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Dysphoria