The simplicity of this book makes it so cozy while packing a punch in subtext. I feel I have come to know and love these characters and I didn't want it to end.

I am rating this a 3 but not because I am middle ground about it. I absolutely adored the absurdity and mind bending elements of this book. What keeps this from being a favorite is how aware you are the whole time that this is being written by a man. The love interest has absolutely no personality or development, falls instantly in love with the main character, and is talked about consistently as a prize to be won and owned. It's the ultimate manic pixie dream girl narrative with no self awareness or subversion of the troupe. It also insists on staying ambiguous about her age even though it's brought up multiple times, which gave me the ick. This all dragged down what could have been something really special. 

This is now my favorite poetry collection, I saw myself and my loved ones in many of her musings and this has resparked my love for the genre. 

This was incredibly readable and such a great look into the treatment of women in the 1800's and how that's still reflected in today's society. The author was ahead of her time in her candid look at the affects of mysogyny and medical gaslighting.