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The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed

afroabsurdist's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Wanted to love it, but just wasn’t what I needed from it. I feel like this is more of a 3.75 stars out of 5, but the stronger, strongest poems within this could boost it up to a 4.25 stars out of 5. 

scrow1022's review against another edition

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5.0

Would not have considered horror to be a framework for poetry before, but, yes, of course (can think of others now too), esp. with his subject matter. Fascinating and exciting and always a pleasure in how he uses language and imagery.

bbm_bby's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.25

ifpoetshadmerch's review against another edition

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dark tense

4.75

adambwriter's review against another edition

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4.0

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honeydewfelon's review against another edition

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5.0

A brilliant follow-up to his national book award-winning collection, Indecency.

fclancy93's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

melissacroce's review against another edition

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5.0

holy shit. this book needs to be read twice over (at least!) to truly appreciate its greatness.

little102red's review against another edition

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5.0

I think this is my favorite poetry collection I've ever read. I'm already reading it again. Absolutely amazing.

stephaynee's review against another edition

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2.0

i’m not smart enough for this book.