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Embodied: An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology by Wendy Chin-Tanner, Tyler Chin-Tanner
sunnyd76's review
3.0
The artwork is lovely and each poem spoke to me through the art. The poetry was hit and miss, which is expected in an anthology for me.
sapphisms's review
3.0
i received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
overall, i'd say this anthology is tepid - it's neither cohesively bad or cohesively good, but i think that there are some wider formatting issues that really drag the whole thing down. stand-out poems like 'good bones', 'a love letter to the decades i have kissed', 'half girl then elegy', 'birth', and 'to the cherry blossoms on 16th and wharton' are sometimes muddled or even lose some of the meaning with the formatting, and the visuals make it difficult to read. 'good bones' i think is one of the most disjoined, as the visuals just show a woman moving out and a couple moving in, where the poem reads more about trying to rear children optimistically to show the good in the world, though the world 'is at least half-terrible'.
in terms of the best merging of visuals and poetry, 'a love letter to the decades i have kissed or notes on turning 50' and 'birth' are amongst the best in the anthology, and 'drown' is also very good. i think that 'birth' is probably the only poem in the anthology to have 100% conveyed the structured of the poem accurately through the art, as the poem itself is a concrete poem in the shape of a wishbone 'V', and the associated comic maintains that shape and parallels it in many of its pages.
overall, i'd say this anthology is tepid - it's neither cohesively bad or cohesively good, but i think that there are some wider formatting issues that really drag the whole thing down. stand-out poems like 'good bones', 'a love letter to the decades i have kissed', 'half girl then elegy', 'birth', and 'to the cherry blossoms on 16th and wharton' are sometimes muddled or even lose some of the meaning with the formatting, and the visuals make it difficult to read. 'good bones' i think is one of the most disjoined, as the visuals just show a woman moving out and a couple moving in, where the poem reads more about trying to rear children optimistically to show the good in the world, though the world 'is at least half-terrible'.
in terms of the best merging of visuals and poetry, 'a love letter to the decades i have kissed or notes on turning 50' and 'birth' are amongst the best in the anthology, and 'drown' is also very good. i think that 'birth' is probably the only poem in the anthology to have 100% conveyed the structured of the poem accurately through the art, as the poem itself is a concrete poem in the shape of a wishbone 'V', and the associated comic maintains that shape and parallels it in many of its pages.
sorenpanda's review
3.0
The artwork in this is gorgeous. I'm not super into poetry but a few of these stood out to me and I was able to connect to them. Unfortunately for me personally, the majority of these I struggled to understand or connect with. However I'm sure others out there will :)
tsiedel90's review
5.0
Some of the poems and graphics were hard to follow. I did much better when I realized that I could (and should) read the poems first and then go back to read it with the graphics.
I love this idea, which is why I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads, but personally it's probably more like a 3.5. I would love to see more books like this one.
I love this idea, which is why I rated it 5 stars on Goodreads, but personally it's probably more like a 3.5. I would love to see more books like this one.
adventure_in_books's review
4.0
This collection of poems thats brought to life with beautiful illustrations as a comic blows my mind. There were a couple in this collection that gave me so many feels. It's a celebration of intersectional feminism.
I love poetry! But I am new to graphic novels. However this was a page turner for me. I felt the connection between words and images was wonderful. It brought the words to life. I hope that they do more graphic novels like this. It was a joy to experience.
In Short:
Did I like it? Yeah I really did.
Would I recommend it? Of course.
Would I read more by the author? There are def a few names in this collection i'll be keeping an eye on ( not to sound like a creeper ha ha )
I love poetry! But I am new to graphic novels. However this was a page turner for me. I felt the connection between words and images was wonderful. It brought the words to life. I hope that they do more graphic novels like this. It was a joy to experience.
In Short:
Did I like it? Yeah I really did.
Would I recommend it? Of course.
Would I read more by the author? There are def a few names in this collection i'll be keeping an eye on ( not to sound like a creeper ha ha )
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