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Becs (244 KP) rated Sea of Strangers in Books
Oct 29, 2018
This is the cutest and most aesthetically pleasing novel
"But you're not the kind of girl who builds her house from sticks; you are a fortress, stubborn and strong. Do not give away the keys to the kingdom to anyone less than a king."
I can not get over how much I love this little poetry collection. It wasn't your typical poetry collection and had a lot of underlying feminism within the context. I will definitely be holding this novel close to my heart and will be rereading it again. Everybody should be watching Lang Leav and should be grabbing her novels like they will be going out of style because she is an amazing author.
I can not get over how much I love this little poetry collection. It wasn't your typical poetry collection and had a lot of underlying feminism within the context. I will definitely be holding this novel close to my heart and will be rereading it again. Everybody should be watching Lang Leav and should be grabbing her novels like they will be going out of style because she is an amazing author.
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Kayla (17 KP) rated Bitter Sweet Love in Books
Mar 5, 2019
I read Dirty Pretty Things before I read this one, and I think I preferred Dirty Pretty Things. Faudet is a wonderful author and all, but I felt that some of the short stories weren't as good. Poetry was flawless. But I guess I didn't care as much for the stories included.
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Alan Hollinghurst recommended Loving in Books (curated)
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ClareR (5589 KP) rated The Perseverence in Books
Sep 23, 2019
I’m not quite sure how to review a collection of poetry, so I think I’ll start by saying that I really enjoyed it. The themes centre around feelings of duality, I thought: being deaf in a hearing world, being mixed race, the poet feeling that he doesn’t belong in Jamaica with his relatives telling him just that, a feeling that he doesn’t belong in the UK either.
It made me really think about what it is to have an invisible disability too. In ‘Miami Airport’, the official says:
“You don’t look deaf?
can you prove it?”
This reminded me of the times when I would have to pull up my sons trouser leg to show his splints when challenged about queuing for the disabled toilet (please don’t do this, it’s not cool) - something he rightly wont let me do anymore, I should add!
It was really good to read this on The Pigeonhole, too, and to have some discussion about the poems. I do hope they repeat this soon. Oh, and I bought the book as well, because I really like to read poetry again (and again!). I’m a bit of a ‘poetry dipper’ 😉
It made me really think about what it is to have an invisible disability too. In ‘Miami Airport’, the official says:
“You don’t look deaf?
can you prove it?”
This reminded me of the times when I would have to pull up my sons trouser leg to show his splints when challenged about queuing for the disabled toilet (please don’t do this, it’s not cool) - something he rightly wont let me do anymore, I should add!
It was really good to read this on The Pigeonhole, too, and to have some discussion about the poems. I do hope they repeat this soon. Oh, and I bought the book as well, because I really like to read poetry again (and again!). I’m a bit of a ‘poetry dipper’ 😉
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Julio Torres recommended Odes in Books (curated)
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Matthew Modine recommended Birdy in Books (curated)
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Rachel Kushner recommended Mercury in Books (curated)
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Maggie Nelson recommended Breathturn Into Timestead in Books (curated)
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Stevie Nicks recommended The Edgar Allan Poe Collection in Books (curated)
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Charlotte (209 KP) rated Grief is the Thing with Feathers in Books
Nov 25, 2017
experiments with form, poetry and regular fiction in equal and conflicting parts (3 more)
clear changing narratives with adult, childish and animal perspectives
sad and darkly funny in equal measures
both a simple and complex approach to grief that really resonates with the reader