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mothgender's review against another edition
3.0
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a really intriguing book of poetry. Most of it didn't really vibe that well with me personally but the quality is definitely there. I did love 52 Trees and Wind Rings a Bell the Wind Can't Reach. They were absolutely lovely. I'd recommend y'all check it out for yourselves.
This was a really intriguing book of poetry. Most of it didn't really vibe that well with me personally but the quality is definitely there. I did love 52 Trees and Wind Rings a Bell the Wind Can't Reach. They were absolutely lovely. I'd recommend y'all check it out for yourselves.
broughtyoubooks's review against another edition
4.0
The anxiety of being pressed into gender is highlighted throughout the collection; of trying to fulfill both parental roles when they are separated so severely in everyday life, and just finding the ability to express without being overwhelmed. Fragments of the natural world are caught up in memories and they feel like snapshots in motion, without leaving them feeling like flat images.
There is a blurring quality to many of the verses; the intent it sets out early on is to blur concepts of gender and language, but at some points, the fever dream imagery distracted me, instead of keeping with the rest of the verse. But to the point of being poetry, and poetry doing what it wants, Schlegel does it beautifully.
There is a blurring quality to many of the verses; the intent it sets out early on is to blur concepts of gender and language, but at some points, the fever dream imagery distracted me, instead of keeping with the rest of the verse. But to the point of being poetry, and poetry doing what it wants, Schlegel does it beautifully.
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