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macysmith's review
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.5
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Sexism
waytoomanybooks's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
It's not as good as her first novel the princess saves herself in this one. She varied her sentence structure and added a bit more depth, but she repeated herself a lot, to the point that it took me out of the poe.. I think Lovelace could benefit if she wrote her thoughts thoughts and feelings as a memoir or as flash fiction instead. I found myself wanting more context for her advice, homages, and quotes, too.
But it was still good enough to read I'm one sitting, especially since poetry is a genre that I'm new to.
But it was still good enough to read I'm one sitting, especially since poetry is a genre that I'm new to.
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder
alyaofwinterfell's review
dark
tense
1.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault
stwriter92's review
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
Having read Amanda Lovelace’s collection “The Princess Saves Herself In This One,” I have to say that this kind of followed the same thread.
I want to preface this with the proclamation that I am a staunch feminist. I do believe that we live in an unequal society. This is something that needs to be fixed. However, I am also equally against the misandry that is sprinkled through this collection.
First of all, the entire thing reads like a collection of tweets that had been saved as drafts to collect dust until they were brushed off and slapped into this collection. It felt very Diet Riot Grl-esque. It reminded me of my own cringe-worthy poetry that I used to write back in high school (I will never show anyone that ever ever ever).
There were a few good ones, I’ll grant that, but the entire thing felt a little too pandering to me. She has a theme of taking the definition of “woman” back from the patriarchy, which is something I can get behind. She also has a theme of taking back the power of feminine anger at a world that was created to keep us downtrodden. These are themes that I can get behind, but the execution feels like it was surface-level observation dressed up to look deeper than it actually was.
One thing I will give her, however, is this idea of being reborn from the ashes. I do think that the phoenix-imagery is very inspiring. I just wish that the execution of this collection had been done better.
Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
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