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On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren
3.0

3.5 stars
While this book is formatted very uniquely and features some beautiful prose, I found that some of the lines felt disingenuous or pretentious. Overall I don't really like the whole "sad-girl existentialism" aesthetic, I feel like it's relatable to those who align with it and cliquey to those who want to engage with the content while not adapting to the new genre.

I did really appreciate the use of color and mixed media in this collection. It was a visually very appealing book and I had fun flipping through it. I would be interested to read a novel by Warren. While some of her poems made me feel nostalgic and had a haunting vibe, more so than not I was not as impacted as I wanted to be by the works, and found it too obvious/too "cool-girl" for my taste.