Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson

12 reviews

hwerle's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

1000journals's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

I really loved the commentary on politics and mental health, especially in relation to each other. And why, despite it all, it’s worth it to live joyously as best as we can. 

I love that Andrea wasn’t afraid to come off as unlikable lol. They always meet themselves where they’re at, even though it made me cringe sometimes. Like, unfriending your partner multiple times at your big age??? Yuck!

There were times where I would be struck with “wow they put it into words” and other times I would be like “it’s giving rupi kaur (derogatory).” You could tell that certain lines were meant to be spoken word and not poetry. 

But overall, the feeling I’m left with after reading is that of not being alone. Andrea was one of the first people to get me into poetry too, and I’ve actually seen them perform in a church, so it’s feeling very full circle moment (especially since they’ve encouraged other writers that we can make it too). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

denaliann's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

iremtkm's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

hadiii's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

madamegeneva's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Beautiful, sad, and hopeful all at once. “Orlando” and “America, Reloading” were heartbreaking dedications to America’s gun violence crisis - “Orlando” in particular made me emotional. 

My two favourites were “Fight for Love” and “Living Proof”. “Living Proof”’s story of the author and the man on the bridge intertwined was extremely moving to me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

erkiff's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

jazzlioness's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and War

hickorynut's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.75

Incredibly written and powerful. Lots of TWs but very worth reading for those who can. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and War

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.0

These poems definitely feel written for performance and immediate impact, but sometimes at the expense of how complicated or careful their messages can be. "Fight for Love," for example, shows a pretty toxic relationship, and honestly, if someone wrote that for me, it would be a wake-up call to leave that relationship. 

A lot of these poems were long and varied, so I didn't really have favorite poems, more favorite or memorable lines:

• "the unbearable loneliness / of sanity"
• "fought god / for the rights / to the apocalypse"
• The Day You Died Because You Wanted To
• "A few years ago a friend asked if you'd ever had a childhood. You said, No—but that wasn't right. What you haven't had is an adulthood." 
• "What do I think we should be doing / about Syria? Imagining until we grieve. / Grieving until we act // like we know what kind of laughter / is the sound of the beginning / of the end of the world."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, and Transphobia