annajoyreed93's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This is the first collection I’ve read by Addonozio and it was dynamic and full of creative choices, but I’m not sure I’m in her target audience, as I read through several sections that left me feeling as if I didn’t “get” it. The moments that connected with me really clicked, though:
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire
“…But what difference
your age; everyone’s here until
they’re not, gone but in some weird
way still hovering in the air,
in a cracked mirror, in the eyes
of those grandparents and great-aunts.
Enter from stage left the red
shock of wings, a disturbance in the trees
easily mistaken for wind.”
from What to Save from the Fire
laurelinwonder's review against another edition
4.0
Addonizio balances the universal ad the personal while exploring love, lust, and mortality. She works carefully within the parameters of her chosen reworking of sonnets to meet readers of today. Some of these poems really grabbed me, while others kind of felt like the same meditation without telling me anything new. But that may just be a personal preference.
maya_irl's review against another edition
3.0
"There's an olive in my higher power.
The jukebox is haunted.
I brandish my glass.
Smoke stinks in my hair.
We must fuck one another."
The jukebox is haunted.
I brandish my glass.
Smoke stinks in my hair.
We must fuck one another."
violetsnswords's review against another edition
3.0
So ok here's the thing. The poems that I understood I loved. But I didn't understand much. I think I'm going to revisit this book when I'm older and a more experienced reader and writer.
davenash's review against another edition
4.0
Florida keeps playing, Manners is also good. I didn't get the sonnets or the order of poems, but some good pieces in this collection. I read this almost right after Siedel, so this is like female version of him.
vulpasvulpas's review against another edition
4.0
file under: reads that make you want to drink irresponsibly and spawn unhealthy relationships from the seats of rocky barstools
mistyx7's review against another edition
2.0
2.5/5. Last section was pretty good. The sonnet section I very much got nothing out of.