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Pansy by Andrea Gibson

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rorykluciarova's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

pheebabeeba_'s review against another edition

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5.0

While some the subject matters of this poem collection were rather grim (e.g. mental illnesses, illness, racism/hate crimes, sexual assault) there are also a decent amount of bittersweet poems of past loves.

My favourites were “A Letter To My Dog Exploring The Human Condition” (p.21-25), “The Madness Vase, AKA The Nutritionist” (p.26-29), “A Letter To White Queers, A Letter To Myself” (p.35-37), “LALALOL” (p.41), “Things That Don’t Suck” (p.45), “Etiquette Leash”(p.67-70), “The Privilege Is Never Having To Think About It” (p.79-81), “Prism” (p. 83-86), “Ballad Of The Unused Tandem Bike” (p.91-93), ”Before The Fever Broke” (p.103-104) and ”Honey” (p.112-115).

I like the way Andrea Gibson writes. Everything is so wordy and pretty and passionate.

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wafaasher's review against another edition

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5.0

Andrea Gibson continues saving my heart and soul. Absolutely brilliant

mavemarie's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

honey

sav_wn's review against another edition

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5.0

One of the best books I've read in the last years. I don't think I can find words that do this book justice. The author just captures feelings and moments in such specific and beautiful words. This book is extremely human and full of love.