lumenmews's Reviews (258)

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

Emily Austin

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Bear

Marian Engel

4.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Greendale

Joshua Dysart, Cliff Chiang, Neil Young

3.75

emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Love Is a Place But You Cannot Live There

Jade Wallace

3.75

emotional reflective fast-paced

Overall, I found it difficult to connect with the poems; however, there are a few true gems that made this entirely worth the read.

Imagine Wanting Only This

Kristen Radtke

4.75

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Cruel Little Ballads

BlackBanshee

3.5

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The art is phenomenal, and the creatures are interesting and unique. I enjoyed the subject matter itself but it did feel preachy at times in the delivery. There are several words spelled incorrectly or words missing, etc, which I suspect might have occurred during the translation to English.

Taproot

Keezy Young

3.0

lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Oates & The Elphyne

Michael Walsh

4.75

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

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