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A review by fightingmarc
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
This is a frustrating collection. Grant can weave atmosphere fluently, but often times poems would careen off into an anxiousness that largely surrounds her ability and journey as a writer. The images she explores are beautiful but fleeting and fail to make any sort of lasting impression.
Grant's thoughts on her own wealth raises some eyebrows. She mentions travelling with billionaires, struggling with fame and being "known", SoulCycle and her love affair with LA and Hollywood, her flying and sailing lessons, but repeatedly reiterates that she is "rich but not how they think I am" which infers a cringe-worthy lack of self-awareness. There's a defensiveness to Grant's work here, and it lacks the warmth, vulnerability and introspection seen in Video Games and Born to Die.
This would be a great collection for someone who is already a fan of Lana Del Rey, but a deeper insight into Grant as an artist and a writer is markedly absent.
Grant's thoughts on her own wealth raises some eyebrows. She mentions travelling with billionaires, struggling with fame and being "known", SoulCycle and her love affair with LA and Hollywood, her flying and sailing lessons, but repeatedly reiterates that she is "rich but not how they think I am" which infers a cringe-worthy lack of self-awareness. There's a defensiveness to Grant's work here, and it lacks the warmth, vulnerability and introspection seen in Video Games and Born to Die.
This would be a great collection for someone who is already a fan of Lana Del Rey, but a deeper insight into Grant as an artist and a writer is markedly absent.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism