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3.5 rating. I liked a lot of the poems. Raw and impactful on their own, I appreciated many. As a collection, I'm not sure it was as good as it could have been. Themes were woven, but some a little too tightly. A pretty combination of art and humanity and recovery.
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The topics are emotional, the feelings are strong, but I just kept turning pages waiting for the moment when I'd see why anyone was impressed. Perhaps I need to listen to the author read this--from what I've seen, she's a spoken word poet first. Maybe in her own voice, the emotion that's so clearly there comes across in a way that isn't happening on the printed page.
The refusal to use capital letters felt twee rather than profound. The illustration ...more
The topics are emotional, the feelings are strong, but I just kept turning pages waiting for the moment when I'd see why anyone was impressed. Perhaps I need to listen to the author read this--from what I've seen, she's a spoken word poet first. Maybe in her own voice, the emotion that's so clearly there comes across in a way that isn't happening on the printed page.
The refusal to use capital letters felt twee rather than profound. The illustration ...more
Jan 01, 2019
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Oct 12, 2017
Kristina
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Charlene
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Amy Crehore
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May 06, 2019
Kris Springer
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Sep 02, 2024
Christine
marked it as tbr-already-own-the-book
