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franksfiction's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
This book reminded me of when you go out on a first date, and the date is going well. But then, as the date progresses, you're starting to feel like maybe a second date isn't a good idea. That's what I felt with this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed a couple of poems; "Boomerang Valentine" and "Dear Tinder" were two examples. "Orlando" related to the shooting in Pulse felt insensitive. Also, I am not a Trump supporter, yet I started to feel annoyed by the amount of times Gibson brought him up. Overall, the blurb was misleading as it didn't mention how political the poetry gets.
I also want to respect the author's passion for her poetry; you can feel that while reading. Maybe if I was listening to the spoken word instead of reading, it would be a different experience. It was challenging to develop a rating for this book, but when one reviewer mentioned how it felt like the poet came off as an angsty teenager, I realized they hit the nail on the head.
I would recommend this book to people who like Buzzfeed, feminists, and people who enjoy arguing on Facebook.
I thoroughly enjoyed a couple of poems; "Boomerang Valentine" and "Dear Tinder" were two examples. "Orlando" related to the shooting in Pulse felt insensitive. Also, I am not a Trump supporter, yet I started to feel annoyed by the amount of times Gibson brought him up. Overall, the blurb was misleading as it didn't mention how political the poetry gets.
I also want to respect the author's passion for her poetry; you can feel that while reading. Maybe if I was listening to the spoken word instead of reading, it would be a different experience. It was challenging to develop a rating for this book, but when one reviewer mentioned how it felt like the poet came off as an angsty teenager, I realized they hit the nail on the head.
I would recommend this book to people who like Buzzfeed, feminists, and people who enjoy arguing on Facebook.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Lesbophobia
solliereads's review
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Gibson's poetry is beautiful, provocative, and evoking of so many emotions that I didn't even realize that I had, or pay enough attention to. Reading their work felt like having a long, cathartic cry and then picking myself back up again from the ground to face the sun. Andrea writes with brutal honest the horrors of America - they effortlessly portray issues like racism, feminism that fights for equality but not equality for all women, school shootings, grief, and homophobia through a haunting lens that will leave you thinking for a long time. I've written down some of my favourite passages below, but if I included them all, I would be here forever.
Your life at the prom where you'll run home in a snowstorm, chucking your last pair of heels in a snowbank, realising you are the only boy you ever wanted to tear your dress off for .
Like we could actually get comfortable being the uneaten animal in the lap of the man making lampshades out of human skin.
I pose you beside our bloodline, our grandfather throwing his liver through the kitchen window, our grandmother on her knees sweeping up the glass. I zoom in to the pieces she didn't find. I find them in the sole of your shoes on your worst day of junior high.
Even life is like funeral practice: half of us already dead to our families before we die.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, Grief, and Religious bigotry
jazzlioness's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and War
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