hmatt's review against another edition
1.0
Most of these "poems" were cringeworthy, to me. Very few read as poems, at least via audio - they feel more like bits of memoir and I think I would have been more interested if some of them had been fleshed out as essays instead of needlessly stylized (e.g. the one about her dad as a truck driver). Many of the more political/social-justicey ones just read like out-of-context buzzwordy instagram captions strung together, and I really was not compelled to believe their genuineness.
Graphic: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Mental illness
s_elsted's review
3.0
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
Minor: Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Genocide, and Physical abuse
valyn_grebe's review
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Islamophobia, Genocide, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Rape
bookedbymadeline's review
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Genocide
brookey8888's review
4.0
Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
bethsbookshelf's review
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship