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violetbooklover's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Beautiful writing as always. Very quick read and made me cry more than once ahh.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment
bravereads's review against another edition
4.0
Didn't love this as much as her first collection, but still painfully relatable.
seaotters's review against another edition
5.0
disclaimer — i was given the opportunity to review this book for free via netgalley
this book focused very heavily on mental illness
and disordered eating, as well as queerness. it’s definitely a new favorite of mine. the pieces are raw and honest, and i loved the unique formatting some of them had. the topics being so heavy did make for it to be a slightly difficult read simply because i had to put it down and come back to it a few times
this book focused very heavily on mental illness
and disordered eating, as well as queerness. it’s definitely a new favorite of mine. the pieces are raw and honest, and i loved the unique formatting some of them had. the topics being so heavy did make for it to be a slightly difficult read simply because i had to put it down and come back to it a few times
gabrose's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
chase0w0's review against another edition
3.0
a quick read. i thought this was nice, but i don't really have any deeper feelings on it? there wasn't anything overly "special" or "meaningful" about the writing. maybe i would have liked it more if i was still 15. having the author's birth chart at the end was a neat touch though!
the poems would honestly have been better if the spacing wasn't so spread apart. part of the joy of poetry, imo, is rereading a paragraph numerous times and finding new meaning in the words, but the spacing kills that by making you focus on each individual word; it becomes harder to focus on the meaning of the whole.
thank you to button poetry for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review!
the poems would honestly have been better if the spacing wasn't so spread apart. part of the joy of poetry, imo, is rereading a paragraph numerous times and finding new meaning in the words, but the spacing kills that by making you focus on each individual word; it becomes harder to focus on the meaning of the whole.
thank you to button poetry for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review!
alexa_frost's review against another edition
4.0
This collection of poems so perfectly encapsulated some of the mental struggles growing up/ as a teenager in the 2000's - 2010s.