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caracabe's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
4.0
Supernatural horror and everyday horror, psychological horror and body horror, horrors suffered and horrors committed, all effectively depicted. The range here is impressive.
alandd's review
4.0
Admito que no tenía ni idea de que algo como esto podía existir, pero me alegra haberme topado con ello. Se me ocurrió buscar recomendaciones de poesía gótica, y este estaba entre los recomendados. Me enganchó desde la primera página, fue algo así como amor a primera vista. Si ya la poesía se lee rápido, este libro se me fue en un suspiro.
Reseña completa (31 de marzo): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2023/03/resena-review-choking-back-devil.html
I admit I had no idea something like this could exist, but I'm glad I stumbled upon it. It occurred to me to look for gothic poetry recommendations, and this was among the recommended ones. I was hooked from the first page, it was like love at first sight. If poetry is already read quickly, this book left me in a breath.
Full review (March 31): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2023/03/resena-review-choking-back-devil.html
Reseña completa (31 de marzo): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2023/03/resena-review-choking-back-devil.html
I admit I had no idea something like this could exist, but I'm glad I stumbled upon it. It occurred to me to look for gothic poetry recommendations, and this was among the recommended ones. I was hooked from the first page, it was like love at first sight. If poetry is already read quickly, this book left me in a breath.
Full review (March 31): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2023/03/resena-review-choking-back-devil.html
thelonelycastle's review
this is just amanda lovelace's poetry but with a horror theme instead of a fairytale theme
grimondgalgmod's review against another edition
5.0
In the afterward Donna Lynch one-ups Kafka's statement that literature "must be the ax for the frozen sea within us" by explaining that a good poem "can be an ax right to the torso."
I only wish I had more torsos to be axed.
I only wish I had more torsos to be axed.
blutrippe's review against another edition
5.0
This was my first take on horror poetry and dear God did I love it...
I guess I'm addicted now!
I guess I'm addicted now!
stranger_sights's review against another edition
5.0
You can read my full review (and others) at https://mediadrome.wordpress.com/
Honestly, every single entry in this book is my favorite. It’s about possession, and terror, murder, mental illness, and creeping dread – the kind of stuff that takes root inside you and then continues to grow and fester. These poems are so good. They skirt the line between external and internal horrors – what’s “real” versus “just in your head.”
You should definitely read this.
Honestly, every single entry in this book is my favorite. It’s about possession, and terror, murder, mental illness, and creeping dread – the kind of stuff that takes root inside you and then continues to grow and fester. These poems are so good. They skirt the line between external and internal horrors – what’s “real” versus “just in your head.”
You should definitely read this.