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higgle's review
3.75
for contemporary poetry, teetering in the first or second rank. there's talent here.
chrism1's review
3.0
In "Grand Tour," Elisa Gonzalez creates poem of exquisite beauty and tenderness. Gonzalez explores the self, memory, and dealing with trauma within the book. There's extreme sadness and pain throughout these poems, and Gonzalez connects these things with the quest for safety and home. The poem's narrator searches for a place she can feel comfortable and free after an abusive family life.
The last poems in the collection are particularly strong because they focus on how we process childhood abuse and pain. I wish these poems had been earlier in the book because they are so strong that some of the other poems especially in the middle of the book do not have the same raw emotion. If the poems had been rearranged in a different order, the book would have been have so much stronger. Gonzalez is such a strong writer that this debut makes me anxious for a second book of poems.
The last poems in the collection are particularly strong because they focus on how we process childhood abuse and pain. I wish these poems had been earlier in the book because they are so strong that some of the other poems especially in the middle of the book do not have the same raw emotion. If the poems had been rearranged in a different order, the book would have been have so much stronger. Gonzalez is such a strong writer that this debut makes me anxious for a second book of poems.
goosedollaz's review
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.
Elisa Gonzalez's new collection, titled "Grand Tour", often reads more like prose than poetry. But don't take that to mean that it lacks impact.
Gonzalez uses clear and eloquent language to beautifully evoke a range of emotions a a litany if different locales.
She managed to take us from Cyprus to Poland, effectively painting each place and time with just the right details.
Elisa Gonzalez's new collection, titled "Grand Tour", often reads more like prose than poetry. But don't take that to mean that it lacks impact.
Gonzalez uses clear and eloquent language to beautifully evoke a range of emotions a a litany if different locales.
She managed to take us from Cyprus to Poland, effectively painting each place and time with just the right details.
hungrybookclub's review
4.0
In "Grand Tour," Elisa Gonzalez creates poem of exquisite beauty and tenderness. Gonzalez explores the self, memory, and dealing with trauma within the book. There's extreme sadness and pain throughout these poems, and Gonzalez connects these things with the quest for safety and home. The poem's narrator searches for a place she can feel comfortable and free after an abusive family life.
I tend to read very quickly through books of poetry, but this collection had me pausing. There are many lines that beg to be underlined, reread, and shared. The words have movement my highlighter begs to capture.
I tend to read very quickly through books of poetry, but this collection had me pausing. There are many lines that beg to be underlined, reread, and shared. The words have movement my highlighter begs to capture.