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sageshort's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
booksonhermind's review
dark
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Mustard, Milk, and Gin felt like what I expected poetry to be - confusing. Which I actually like. I think the point of poetry is to make you think. There are some things that I as a reader might interpret differently and not understand but that's the poet's art so I'm cool with it. This one also had poetry about sex, rape, a drug addict father, and depression. I couldn't tell if she was at sometimes religious, mad at, or mocking God. There was a fair amount of mentions of God. There are a few of her poems that were memorable. Jewel Tea which was her helping her mother make macaroni; Mark which was about the three Mark's in her life; and In the Room of My Depression which was my favorite. I got lost in that one. I also absolutely loved her poems on her sister and how they transitioned from poem to poem.
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