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tjrober2's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Nguyen is such a special writer. Such a brilliant collage of documentation, photography, memory, and the divisions, conflicts, violations, and longing that piece this collection together.
oraclebykittie's review
what an ambitious and extremely personal collection!! i like nguyen's style, her function here is both as a poet and an archivist. there are some gems in here that i rlly loved
michaelion's review
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I can admit when something isn't for me. Still, I like readung new things that would've never been on my radar before.
I rented this book from my library because I just need some poetry in my life, and this was on the shelf. I also try to look for poets of color. There's on poem early on in the book that really gripped me, something I relate to, something about language and not quite understanding it and still trying to translate even though you know you have pieces missing, and you kinda feel like there are pieces you know you probably will never know are missing. A lot of the book has this element to it.
A lot of the book is also formatted in a why that I either don't like or don't understand. I don't like the spacing between some of the poems. I try to read poems out loud to see what they sound like and I couldn't quite get the tone out loud or in my head. The pieces I didn't understand I know is because of half language barrier, half cultural barrier, but those aren't complete issues with me because there are some poems that I fully understood or understood what feeling was meant to be conveyed. So, I suppose, this artist and her style isn't for me. Despite that I did like a lot of the book. It's an interesting look into history and amazing to learn about the Female Flying Motorists. Nothing else has been written about them, from what I found through a Google seaech. It's so poetic that one of the women's daughters was the first to write a book about her and the life she lived.
I rented this book from my library because I just need some poetry in my life, and this was on the shelf. I also try to look for poets of color. There's on poem early on in the book that really gripped me, something I relate to, something about language and not quite understanding it and still trying to translate even though you know you have pieces missing, and you kinda feel like there are pieces you know you probably will never know are missing. A lot of the book has this element to it.
A lot of the book is also formatted in a why that I either don't like or don't understand. I don't like the spacing between some of the poems. I try to read poems out loud to see what they sound like and I couldn't quite get the tone out loud or in my head. The pieces I didn't understand I know is because of half language barrier, half cultural barrier, but those aren't complete issues with me because there are some poems that I fully understood or understood what feeling was meant to be conveyed. So, I suppose, this artist and her style isn't for me. Despite that I did like a lot of the book. It's an interesting look into history and amazing to learn about the Female Flying Motorists. Nothing else has been written about them, from what I found through a Google seaech. It's so poetic that one of the women's daughters was the first to write a book about her and the life she lived.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, War, and Racism
Moderate: Genocide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Child death, Miscarriage, and Fire/Fire injury
jung's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
probably my fault that i wasn't that engaged, as I kind of breezed thru this one. I find it difficult to stay focused on short-form poetry - especially of the sort that requires a lot of scrutiny and rereads to fully appreciate the intricacies of.
qontfnns's review
3.0
The premise of having a flying motorcyclist for a mother sounds promising, but the execution is not super remarkable, emotionally evoking, or anything. I like some poems, and I appreciate the photo collection at the end, but overall it's just okay.
birdie774's review
3.25
I don’t think I get it…but the all women motorcycle stunt group stuff was cool