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happylilkt's review against another edition
4.0
The first reading of a collection of poetry is like listening to a new album by your favorite and somewhat complex musician/band... you need more time and exposure to truly form an opinion. The singles (or poems) that initially hook you may tire you eventually, and some of the ones that seemed at first unremarkable become endlessly interesting and full of precious things to mine, though it might take you years, the rest of your life.
So, I'm giving this 4 stars because I suspect there are beautiful things to mine from these poems, though I have not personally obtained them yet, it is because I haven't put in the work yet.
So, I'm giving this 4 stars because I suspect there are beautiful things to mine from these poems, though I have not personally obtained them yet, it is because I haven't put in the work yet.
sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
4.0
“I think here I will leave you. It has come to seem
there is no perfect ending.
Indeed, there are infinite endings.
Or perhaps, once one begins,
there are only endings.”
there is no perfect ending.
Indeed, there are infinite endings.
Or perhaps, once one begins,
there are only endings.”
susieq42's review against another edition
I lost my book and can't find it to finish it. Very lovely poetry about becoming older.
max_the_lesbrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Some of my favorites: "The Past," "Theory of Memory," "A Sharply Worded Silence," "Visitors from Abroad," "Utopia," "Cornwall," and "The White Series."
kdawn999's review against another edition
2.0
Very disappointing for a National Book Award winner. Glück is a poet I love reading. Firstborn, The Wild Iris, and A Village Life are favorites of mine, but this one lacks her sharp images, going instead for things close to clichés. One or two poems are pretty decent, but this is an exceptionally weak collection in an otherwise brilliant career.
moonlight_reader's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
there is something so truly magnificent and vulnerable about louise gluck's poetry that leaves you entranced by how her simple words are yet so many layers and depth to her poetry, a new introspective view on the world, death, love. this book is wonderful for people who love introspective poetry.