Reviews

Blooming Fiascoes: Poems by Ellen Hagan

georgilvsbooks's review against another edition

1.0

Ellen states that we live in a beautiful and monstrous world.

Her poetry is about her experiences as a woman, an artist, a mother, a transplanted southerner, and above all, a human being.

I’m sorry, this collection of poetry wasn’t for me.

However, I’d you like poetry you should give this ago.

woodlandbooklover's review against another edition

4.0

This collection of poetry, which celebrates the grit and the glamour, the pleasure and the pith, spans life in the city, motherhood, sex, community, womanhood, love, and the body. After spending time with these poems, their syncopated rhythms and rhyme play, it could be easy to spot a Hagan poem out in the wild. The poet's voice is distinctive. 

goldenfenris's review against another edition

3.0

Poetry, for me, is very subjective. Sure, you can appreciate the artistry of a well crafted sentence, but that doesn't mean that you enjoyed it or that it spoke to you. This is one of those cases for me. There is definitely someone out there that is going to enjoy this collection, but the imagery and the experiences just didn't speak to me.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for providing an eARC of this in exchange for a review, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.