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degroot_maartje's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
janinevduijn's review against another edition
5.0
I am absolutely shattered, but in the best way. An exquisite collection of poetry, focusing on childhood trauma of being hospitalized with a disability, and struggles with IVF later in life. I particularly admired the recurring poems metaphorizing the changes in body through descriptions of a house. Raw and very brave.
jo_in_bookland's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This is a collection of poetry and other short texts in paragraph format (could still be considered poems I suspect. I don't have much experience with this genre).
The writing is lyrical and haunting, much relating to the author's experience as a disabled person and her struggles with IVF. Some of it went over my head though but I still liked my experience with the collection.
The writing is lyrical and haunting, much relating to the author's experience as a disabled person and her struggles with IVF. Some of it went over my head though but I still liked my experience with the collection.
farnz's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Her second collection of poetry. I haven’t read her first one and am not a huge poetry fan in general, but I like the authour and her YouTube page so I wanted to give this a shot. 63 pages total and covering themes of disability. My fave poems were anatomy of the sea, alopecia, and when I revisit this room I want to leave again (last one is quite devastating). After every other poem, she inserts some of her childhood doctor notes. It’s an interesting transition. Both her as a sick child and an adult going through IVF.