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achilleanshelves's review against another edition
5.0
CW: Sexual assault, racism, transphobia, homophobia
This poetry collection was one of my absolute favourites. It was so unrelenting and unforgiving. It was loud and poignant and exactly what the world needs right now. Kai Cheng Thom discusses what it means to be trans queer and Asian in a world that is so discriminatory. She explores race, gender and sexuality in a way that is powerful and beautiful all at once. I highly recommend this.
This poetry collection was one of my absolute favourites. It was so unrelenting and unforgiving. It was loud and poignant and exactly what the world needs right now. Kai Cheng Thom discusses what it means to be trans queer and Asian in a world that is so discriminatory. She explores race, gender and sexuality in a way that is powerful and beautiful all at once. I highly recommend this.
rutt's review against another edition
4.0
one i will come back to over and over. beautifully written. i learned so much about style and rhythm and feeling and healing from my first read. grateful for this offering.
keairarose's review against another edition
5.0
a collection of poems that will make you angry/sad/hopeful/confused/sad on every entry
poetry is something I want to get into this year and I found this for the diverse baseline challenge - I’m so glad I did
poetry is something I want to get into this year and I found this for the diverse baseline challenge - I’m so glad I did
gigireadswithkiki's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
1.0
There’s just something so surface level in the way QTBIPOC poetry books reflect on the same 3 topics of identity, relation to whiteness, and internalized rejection of queer identity. I wanted more from this poetry collection but unfortunately it just felt so bland and boring for me, perhaps I’ve become too accustomed to the beautifully melancholic lyricism of Ocean Vuong but this was…kinda bad.
mothgender's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
queer poetry just hits different
annetjeberg's review against another edition
4.0
This collection was raw, and there was so much THERE. So I do not know much about being trans, or growing up as a woc, but this book is so honest, and unfiltered. I loved it.
A lot of sexual references, but it never disturbed me, because so much of her experiences have to do with sex.
A lot of sexual references, but it never disturbed me, because so much of her experiences have to do with sex.
rexraereads's review against another edition
5.0
Rage-filled and rightfully so. I felt every bit of this and can only I wish I could enunciate just as clearly.
nuhafariha's review against another edition
4.0
To read Kai Cheng Thom is like therapy, to delve into the complexities of race, gender, class, ethnicity, to have have hope again.
"some bodies can't be touched/ some poems cannot be written/ just felt"
"yes to filth. yes to the apple! yes to eve! yes to pain and to shame and to wondering and to crawling home"
"white queer are always thinking that other people don't belong in the places they have decided belong to them."
"some bodies can't be touched/ some poems cannot be written/ just felt"
"yes to filth. yes to the apple! yes to eve! yes to pain and to shame and to wondering and to crawling home"
"white queer are always thinking that other people don't belong in the places they have decided belong to them."
brogan7's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Kai Cheng Thom is always impactful to read. I'd like to hear her read someday, to hear the fullness of her. It's hard to say you loved something when so much of it is so troubling.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Racism