Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

26 reviews

nikki_flowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This books has remarked my love of poetry. Limón’s contemplations of womanhood, motherhood, the nation, have seeped deep in my bones. From them, new life has grown. Thank you Limón, for helping me find soul and beauty again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Deportation

bdvflip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Death

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Dementia, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

Miscellaneous note: I used to assume Limón’s last name was a pen name because it was so nice for a pen name in my opinion but that’s just the name she got from her  father.  Shows what you assume when your own last name is one of the most common last names in the world. 

Audiobook: Limón has a lovely voice and even better performance of her work. 

Also this may be purely just how my library or Libby formatted it but given what role titles can serve for poems, it was a bit annoying that the poem book was listed as vague numbered tracks per poem versus their actual titles. 

There were a couple of poems that reminded me of other poets about deeply personal things that I also feel make little sense without the context of the posts personal life Especially since I am not the reader that assumes a poem is nonfiction or autobiographical inherently (here was about references the ex girlfriend of the husband which came up in a handful of poems and her cats). But those were interesting if confusing and I really liked the one about thinking maybe the late woman hated you out of anxiety real or imagined and then having her elderly cats you took in curl up in your lap.  

Specific poems I really liked: 
•the poem about how horses are born 
•a new national anthem; this beginning really made me laugh 
•the real reason she doesn’t have any tattoos 
•Wonder Woman poem 
•the raincoat poem 
•poem about how most dreams go 


I believe it’s in the Wonder Woman one, but the line about urgent care doctor saying well sometimes shit happens was so both very relatable and also very funny 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility and Sexual violence

emelynreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Dreamy prose with love for the natural world sprinkled throughout. I particularly liked: Dead Stars, New National Anthem, Instructions On Not Giving Up, and The Last Drop.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief, and Pregnancy

itsradsmads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Death and Dementia

peggy_racham's review

4.5

"I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything such a big deal."

For the first time in my life, I think I understand my mother. Ada Limón first got me with Bright dead things and this is yet another amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Grief, and Pregnancy

jazhandz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Grief

Moderate: Death

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

exquisite (and accessible) poetry on grief, love, infertility, pain, and time. 

highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Dementia, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

mmaack24's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

gorgeous writing from ada limón, particularly her thoughts on being a woman and living in a world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment