Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson

16 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I have so much love for Andrea Gibson and there are many poems and lines in this collection that I keep coming back to. "America, Reloading" in particular is incredibly powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, and Transphobia

maurits's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse

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

lavendl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

cameron778's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction

honeyandthyme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

From small, intimate moments between lovers to overarching, political poems, this collection does an excellent job of encompassing the American queer experience. The pacing from work to work is lovely - a good mix of shorter/ longer poems and heavy/lighthearted topics. 

My greatest mistake was reading “Orlando” in public. Of all the poems, this one most thoroughly sucker punched me in the gut. It is incredibly difficult to read, and perfectly portrays the terror inherent in the LGBTQ+ community after the Pulse Nightclub. There are no words to fully express how the author’s amazing writing explores and contextualizes that day. It’s a poem that never should have needed to be written, but because it was, I’m glad Gibson was its author.

Not all poems were as raw as that one, but all were equally as breathtakingly written.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicide