![]() ![]() So this is going to be a tricky review to write, because opinions have really diverged on this book. Honest, refreshing and a nicely constructed narrative. It's by no means a bad collection though, just that I think it would have worked better as a shorter book with only the standout works, because when it's good, it's really great. I found that quite a few of the poems about how wonderful her new partner is were directly at odds with the title of the book, so I didn't enjoy these as much. ![]() Sadly though, my enthusiasm waned through the three other sections. The highlight for me was “that is what abuse is: knowing you are going to get salt but still hoping for sugar for nineteen years.” I really connected with the Princess section of this a lot, I thought the majority of poems here were heartbreaking and emotional and they brought out a lot of things for me that clearly weren't repressed as deeply as I thought they were. ![]() I don't think the format always completely worked, it was sometimes hard to tell if the italics at the end of most of the works were the title, or part of the poem, or both and this was wonderful in parts but jarring in others. This was a very quick read, the poems were mostly much shorter than I was expecting, sometimes just a handful of words on the page. ![]()
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