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Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones

7 reviews

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Terminal illness, Animal death, and Drug use

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I love Saeed Jones so much. I wanna be a poet like Saeed is a poet

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Death of parent

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This is a haunting, tense collection, with really consistent imagery and storytelling. The poems all felt about equally strong, with a tight, focused narrative. I'm glad I finally read this, mostly because I really want to read How We Fight for Our Lives soon, with more knowledge of Jones's poetry, too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, and Homophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Child abuse

softgalaxy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A haunting poetry collection about Blackness and queerness. History according to boy was a chilling poem, possibly one of the best poems I’ve read recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Saeed Jones' vocabulary and the lyrical quality of his formatting serve to draw the reader in closer to the events and emotions within the poems, forming an encompassing bond that drew me to finish the book in one sitting. The poems feel like one continuous narrative from an ever shifting speaker, rich with cultural references.
For now, I'm content with interpretation, but I look forward to my next read through, and all of the read-throughs after that, when I can pull apart the syntax and spacing and study it line by line to see how Jones poured so much pain and complex emotion into the deceptively simple poems in this book. Prelude to Bruise deserves all the praise I can give and more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Outing, and Sexual content