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A review by yellowbinge
The Elk in the Glade: The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks by Bruce E. Whitacre
3.0
Publishing date: 21.10.2022
Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC. My opinions are my own.
I expected: A book with multiple artworks and poems written by the subject matter (Jennie Hicks)
I got: A book with a few artworks and free-form poems written by the great grandchild of Jennie
The book left me: Once again romanticizing pioneer life
Poetry style:
A combination of free-form and novella. It works well here, but the "poems" have a tendency to span up to three or four pages. I would classify this as a more lyrical book than a poetry collection.
Amount of poems: 16 poems, spanning a story of Jennie's life
Features:
Pioneer lifestyle and setting, a person lost and forgotten with time, 4 paintings by Jennie
Final ranking and star rating?
3 stars, C tier. This was a fine collection, one that I was mostly interested in because of the artworks featured. I got the artworks, but also a lyrical almost autobiography of Jennie's life. It was a nice and heartbreaking story at the same time, of a woman that could accomplish so much more. But because of the time and circumstances never got to reach her full potential.
Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for the ARC. My opinions are my own.
I expected: A book with multiple artworks and poems written by the subject matter (Jennie Hicks)
I got: A book with a few artworks and free-form poems written by the great grandchild of Jennie
The book left me: Once again romanticizing pioneer life
Poetry style:
A combination of free-form and novella. It works well here, but the "poems" have a tendency to span up to three or four pages. I would classify this as a more lyrical book than a poetry collection.
Amount of poems: 16 poems, spanning a story of Jennie's life
Features:
Pioneer lifestyle and setting, a person lost and forgotten with time, 4 paintings by Jennie
Final ranking and star rating?
3 stars, C tier. This was a fine collection, one that I was mostly interested in because of the artworks featured. I got the artworks, but also a lyrical almost autobiography of Jennie's life. It was a nice and heartbreaking story at the same time, of a woman that could accomplish so much more. But because of the time and circumstances never got to reach her full potential.