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jazzeeazz's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape
boohabu's review against another edition
4.25
This poetry collection was really insightful. We read it to analyze for an English class, which was super cool, however the process of actually obtaining the book soured my experience somewhat.
sarinarm's review against another edition
3.0
The title got me. I felt like the title alone spoke deeply about the contents.
I gave this book three stars because I wanted to give it 3.5, but I don't know that I would be willing to give it 4. It was good, although at times it felt a little repetitive, since every work was the same in format and information (true to the title: which man and what she was wearing). I do think that a few pieces in particular made such a strong impact on me that I wanted to love the whole thing more.
Some was hard to read, and I couldn't catch the sound of the piece, but others created a rhythm naturally which helped me to experience it even deeper. Ultimately, I did enjoy the book, and may revise my star count after sitting with it a while longer.
I feel like this book is important. I want people to read it. I want men to read it, especially. I think it means something.
I gave this book three stars because I wanted to give it 3.5, but I don't know that I would be willing to give it 4. It was good, although at times it felt a little repetitive, since every work was the same in format and information (true to the title: which man and what she was wearing). I do think that a few pieces in particular made such a strong impact on me that I wanted to love the whole thing more.
Some was hard to read, and I couldn't catch the sound of the piece, but others created a rhythm naturally which helped me to experience it even deeper. Ultimately, I did enjoy the book, and may revise my star count after sitting with it a while longer.
I feel like this book is important. I want people to read it. I want men to read it, especially. I think it means something.
miawwest18's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
laurelinwonder's review against another edition
5.0
A master of subtlety, Queen tells seemingly simple stories that interest the reader at first, but gnaw at you as you turn over the underneaths of the story later. Because even though you feel like you’ve learned so much about her, there are still pockets where you’re not sure you know the whole story, or even understand it. There are still places where if she kept telling the same story, you’d still find yourself surprised, looking at her in a new light, thinking, “How could I have missed that?” In her encounter with Suge Knight (through a friend), it took me three times to read to notice the weight of “& I won’t say if my coworker got hurt but she made a fact out of fear”. I was so busy thinking about Tupac’s passing, that bruises and bloodied anything were far from my mind. Queen captures truth through ordinary so well that the violence is so easy to miss, but important not to.
danahscott's review against another edition
3.0
This collection was kind of a mixed bag for me, to tell the truth. It's got a very strong gimmick, and the only poems that resonated with me were ones that transcended the gimmick. I'm partially biased because I'm not super into prose poetry anyway, but the majority of this book felt relatively repetitive and not in a good way. It certainly has some profound moments, but thematically, it focuses a lot on shallowness/celebrity culture, and just because it knows it's shallow doesn't excuse it from being shallow. The voice was really likable, and when a poem was good, it was very good, but in the end, I thought it was only okay.