A review by exorcismofemilyreed
Hysteria by Stephanie M. Wytovich
4.0
"Could not fuck the darkness any deeper / Into my head, letting demons run loose / In an imagination fueled by sadism."
Hysteria is a collection of dark poetry by Stephanie M. Wytovich. There are about 100 poems in this collection. This was the first collection I've read from Wytovich, and it was an enjoyable experience.
There's an overall theme of madness running through the poems. Some of them are specifically about asylum life, or what led people to the asylum. I didn't feel like all of the poems necessarily matched the theme, and I wish that a little bit more of them would have been connected.
My top 5 poems in Hysteria are Body Suit, Comatose, On My Terms, Patient Limb, and Straight Jacket. All of these are grim and a little disturbing. I loved them!
I think this is the first collection I've read in which the poems are in alphabetical order, and it made for a different experience since sometimes poems with similar topics were right next to each other instead of spread out throughout the book.
Stephanie's writing is grim and unsettling, and I love the images that she conjures with her poetry. There's a variety of emotions in this book - sadness, lust, jealousy, mania, and so much more. I really appreciated her boldness with these poems. She hits on some heavy or taboo topics in this collection, and it was so fun to see the different places she went. Hysteria is so good at making the reader uncomfortable, yet dying to flip the page to the next poem. This collection is dark, and some of the poems are meant to shock you.
I have another one of Stephanie's collections on my shelf, and I can't wait to get to it soon! I had a lot of fun reading Hysteria.
Hysteria is a collection of dark poetry by Stephanie M. Wytovich. There are about 100 poems in this collection. This was the first collection I've read from Wytovich, and it was an enjoyable experience.
There's an overall theme of madness running through the poems. Some of them are specifically about asylum life, or what led people to the asylum. I didn't feel like all of the poems necessarily matched the theme, and I wish that a little bit more of them would have been connected.
My top 5 poems in Hysteria are Body Suit, Comatose, On My Terms, Patient Limb, and Straight Jacket. All of these are grim and a little disturbing. I loved them!
I think this is the first collection I've read in which the poems are in alphabetical order, and it made for a different experience since sometimes poems with similar topics were right next to each other instead of spread out throughout the book.
Stephanie's writing is grim and unsettling, and I love the images that she conjures with her poetry. There's a variety of emotions in this book - sadness, lust, jealousy, mania, and so much more. I really appreciated her boldness with these poems. She hits on some heavy or taboo topics in this collection, and it was so fun to see the different places she went. Hysteria is so good at making the reader uncomfortable, yet dying to flip the page to the next poem. This collection is dark, and some of the poems are meant to shock you.
I have another one of Stephanie's collections on my shelf, and I can't wait to get to it soon! I had a lot of fun reading Hysteria.