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Escaping the Body by Chloe N. Clark

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versmonesprit's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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3.0

Chloe Clark’s pen turns the simplest of words, ideas, thoughts into inspired and inspiring darkly sentimental poetry in Escaping the Body. Among the five parts making up the book, for me the strongest was the first. I did not enjoy tech lingo, pop culture, and magic tricks being introduced into and made central in some of the featured poems. The ones I liked (surreal, mystical, dark, deeply sentimental) made every second of reading this book worth it. The lyrically political & Other Ways to Read the Dirt has become one of my all-time favourite poems, it alone is enough to give Escaping the Body a chance.

DRC provided by NetGalley and Interstellar Flight Press.

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themoonlightarchive's review

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Although this is not Chloe N. Clark’s first poetry collection, Escaping the Body is the first of her work that I have consumed. With diverse themes such as trauma, loss and the body, this collection left me with a nostalgic feeling, verging on melancholy.

The imagery was vivid and vulnerable, each poem beautifully written and relatable. There were some parts that felt repetitive, especially toward the middle, but with a style more narrative than descriptive, this collection was able to hold my attention to the very last word. The references to science fiction and horror as well as the homages to Houdini helped with that.

Overall, I truly enjoyed this poetry collection and can’t wait to pick up more of Chloe N. Clark’s work.

I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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