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kajapotter's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
thrilled's review against another edition
2.0
it's never good when you look at a half-read book from across the room and think all right, let's get this over with
notlikethebeer's review against another edition
5.0
MAGGIE NELSON <3
I struggle to write nuanced thoughts on poetry lol, but I really liked this - the concept really reached out to me, and I feel that Nelson's execution was excellent.
I struggle to write nuanced thoughts on poetry lol, but I really liked this - the concept really reached out to me, and I feel that Nelson's execution was excellent.
avgastright's review against another edition
4.0
4.5. One of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received. I love you, Janae.
vsobaka05's review against another edition
3.0
Some of these are really good; some feel like Maggie Nelson is intentionally trying to make them cryptic to sound smart while keeping us out.
penofpossibilities's review against another edition
3.0
Just today-i felt new for the first time this century -no one noticed me- I was unsexed!-
How do you love men and women if you want to love people one at a time
or one for a very long time. Where
Does the other love go. Where is
Loves home. Do you love
What loves you? Do you still
Love me? I love you.
You were there, I was there.
I wasn't unhappy, I wasn't scared.
I want you to know
I conducted a war for this,
a war to lose my life. I lost it,
I lost it. I reduced it to
a death canoe
and it still came out
as life.
I so wish you were here, to lay
Your ear against mine, hear
The hollow flapping in my head
It was the souls of people
I think it was the souls of people
How do you love men and women if you want to love people one at a time
or one for a very long time. Where
Does the other love go. Where is
Loves home. Do you love
What loves you? Do you still
Love me? I love you.
You were there, I was there.
I wasn't unhappy, I wasn't scared.
I want you to know
I conducted a war for this,
a war to lose my life. I lost it,
I lost it. I reduced it to
a death canoe
and it still came out
as life.
I so wish you were here, to lay
Your ear against mine, hear
The hollow flapping in my head
It was the souls of people
I think it was the souls of people
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Death, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Torture, Rape, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
She explores some thoughts on maternity and how women are expected to bring babies into the world, I wasn't sure how to tag thisdelphinium's review against another edition
2.0
i love maggie nelson and i love poetry, but this didn’t work for me.
cgcpoems's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
3.5 stars. A lot of the poems in this collection were hit or miss for me. The great ones were really great & the unmemorable ones were just that. This isn’t a bad collection by any stretch, it just wasn’t entirely for me.
The jacket also made it seem like these poems were going to be a little more explicitly about NYC in the aftermath of 9/11. While that was certainly an undercurrent running through the book, I went into this expecting something more overt which influenced my overall opinion of the collection.
Either way, I love Maggie Nelson! I love her work, & will continue to read her in the future.
The jacket also made it seem like these poems were going to be a little more explicitly about NYC in the aftermath of 9/11. While that was certainly an undercurrent running through the book, I went into this expecting something more overt which influenced my overall opinion of the collection.
Either way, I love Maggie Nelson! I love her work, & will continue to read her in the future.
untilatlasfalls's review against another edition
4.0
“…I am trying to write without knowing who I am”
schildpad's review against another edition
3.0
3/4 stars.
the future of poetry is worth a whole sky full of stars, - and I am not sorry I bought this book for that poem alone. (I want to learn all the sentences so I can take it with me everywhere and whisper it to myself every time I hate writing and literature and the whole stupid world surrounding it.)
However, the rest of the poems simply did not blow me away. I enjoyed reading them, I enjoyed the conversational feel they had, as if Nelson was sharing her thoughts unfiltered after too much wine, as well as the stream of consciousness of it all, how she connected images and thoughts to each other. Some sentences/poems were really relatable as well. I just expected more.
(I might add a star though, sometimes a bit of distance is necessary in order to determine if a book or poetry stays with you. And I might be unfair to the rest of the book because I love the future of poetry so much.)
the future of poetry is worth a whole sky full of stars, - and I am not sorry I bought this book for that poem alone. (I want to learn all the sentences so I can take it with me everywhere and whisper it to myself every time I hate writing and literature and the whole stupid world surrounding it.)
However, the rest of the poems simply did not blow me away. I enjoyed reading them, I enjoyed the conversational feel they had, as if Nelson was sharing her thoughts unfiltered after too much wine, as well as the stream of consciousness of it all, how she connected images and thoughts to each other. Some sentences/poems were really relatable as well. I just expected more.
(I might add a star though, sometimes a bit of distance is necessary in order to determine if a book or poetry stays with you. And I might be unfair to the rest of the book because I love the future of poetry so much.)