Reviews

Be Recorder by Carmen Gimenez Smith

lizards925's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

gabriellejane's review

I think I'd need a reread before connecting with the collection? Not sure if the ebook was the right format as the text formating was off. 

Chronic pain, mental illness,

deepblueseamonkey's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

I liked the poems in the first section best.
The long poem Be Recorder is great but challenging to parse. It is the kind of poem that I will get more out of reading a second time.

freechasetoday's review

“in another simultaneity / the end is corporate” - from the title poem, a long sequence that is both speculative (sci-fi) and prescient (wholly realistic), full of lamentation and indignation. Possible futures abound: likely? maybe; terrifying? absolutely. The role of the poet, both useless and necessary.

chestnut_filly's review

slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Somewhat abstruse and, for whatever reason, just didn't hook me. 

abby's review

5.0

The frivolity of poetry, layers of frivolity disguised as labor or vice versa. / Poetry is useless until we rot from inside when we don't have words.