Given the focus on Me Too/sexual assault, there could have been a lot done with The Little Mermaid theme. She seemed to revert back to princesses/queens and fairy tales in general. However, there wasn’t a lot of actual mermaid inspired poems. The theme of this book is mermaids/The Little Mermaid story. A large majority of the poems center on the Me Too movement. The subject matter of the book is very timely. That being said, I still think her first book is the strongest. So if you liked those, then you’ll probably like this one. This book is really similar to the other two books in this series. I give this book 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4.
I received an e-ARC of this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you so much to Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review! Otherwise, there are some happy pages to give you that soft, soothing hug after the painful bits, and overall, it feels like a very natural and well-done ending to the series.Īll quotes come from an advance copy and may not match the final release. Mostly, this collection is about surviving sexual assault, and it's got a lot of good stuff going on in that regard it wasn't the most powerful or empowering thing I've read as a survivor, but it was comforting and nice regardless, and had a few poems I really appreciated. I still feel like Lovelace's poetry lost its luster for me after the first collection and none of the rest have quite lived up to it, but I do appreciate that this one isn't as repetitive as Witch was (and doesn't feel as heavily borrowed from mid- to late-2000s emo band lyrics as that one did, either). #3: The Mermaid's Voice Returns in this One ★★★★☆Īfter how much I struggled with the middle book in this 'trilogy', I wasn't sure I wanted to read this newest and final installment, but friends' reviews were so positive that I finally decided I had to give it a try, and I'm glad that I did. #2: The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One ★★★☆☆ #1: The Princess Saves Herself in this One ★★★★☆
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