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novelesque_life's review
4.0
RATING: 4.5 STARS
A gorgeous haunting collection of poetry mixed with history, reimagining and personal experiences. Brown gives some voices back their power of being denied their truths. I have this on my wish list to read again.
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
A gorgeous haunting collection of poetry mixed with history, reimagining and personal experiences. Brown gives some voices back their power of being denied their truths. I have this on my wish list to read again.
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
ariannakae's review
4.0
Haunting and disturbing, but beautiful poetry that incapsulates human feeling and observance
edilund's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual assault
full_of_flowers's review
dark
emotional
sad
4.5
Haunting. Brown's verse is illustrative and compassionate.
jialatlibrary's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
major TW for institutionalisation, ableism, sickness, abuse. proceed at your own risk, though with caution 🗑️
i first read Molly’s work in Places I’ve taken my Body. Molly’s brilliance, clarity, and exacting language spans across many works, unrelenting.
Virginia is about the notorious now demolished asylum under terrible eugenics there.
Brown’s writing is a spear raised in the crowd of the many of us who have suffered at the hands of the state. it is not illuminating, it is glaring and radiating. They speak strongly about imagined years in the ex state asylum. truly horrific.
but that’s nothing new. as a ward who has been institutionalised repeatedly for years, and then been harshly abused, taken taken advantage of, I feel so seen so seen, so heard, and so validated.
the disabled and mentally ill are strongly confronted against in the systems in my country. the systems are truly merciless. but this, writing like this, is the kind of representation that truly makes a difference. writing like this brings hope. Thank you, Molly.
(borrowed from the library, returning so others can be dazzled🤩)
i first read Molly’s work in Places I’ve taken my Body. Molly’s brilliance, clarity, and exacting language spans across many works, unrelenting.
Virginia is about the notorious now demolished asylum under terrible eugenics there.
Brown’s writing is a spear raised in the crowd of the many of us who have suffered at the hands of the state. it is not illuminating, it is glaring and radiating. They speak strongly about imagined years in the ex state asylum. truly horrific.
but that’s nothing new. as a ward who has been institutionalised repeatedly for years, and then been harshly abused, taken taken advantage of, I feel so seen so seen, so heard, and so validated.
the disabled and mentally ill are strongly confronted against in the systems in my country. the systems are truly merciless. but this, writing like this, is the kind of representation that truly makes a difference. writing like this brings hope. Thank you, Molly.
(borrowed from the library, returning so others can be dazzled🤩)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Ableism, Classism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness
scoobydoobyboo's review
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
3.0
read for school!! beautiful and insightful but very difficult at the same time