A review by mmccombs
Yr Dead by Sam Sax

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I was absolutely knocked over by this book! Part book, part poem, each sentence was beautiful and painful and absolutely engrossing. I loved the vignettes, very much like “life flashing before your eyes” while also connecting Ezra’s story to that of their ancestors and family and friends. It definitely felt disjointed and sometimes odd, but in the end I thought that it totally worked. This reminded me of Martyr!, another book I read and loved this year, taking bold swings in form and style to create something stunning and complex. While this will not be everyone’s cup of tea, I thought it perfectly captured our current moment of dissociation, numbness, and coexistence with our past.
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