Name: magemadi (Signed) · Date: 04 Feb 2021 06:04 AM · For: Chapter 1

Hi Sam!

I haven’t yet read this book, but I think that your blackout poetry does a great job illustrating the (probably) general theme and mood of the book, which I am interested in :eyes: The narrator of some of these poems is clearly someone hurting (either emotionally or physically, or both, really) but also doesn’t necessarily want to heal. I think you do a good job of making each poem its own distinct thing, while also showing the passage of time in the original story at the same time, as we see a moment of not self-loathing or pain in poem number seven, when a woman appears and the narrator wants her to stay. Your poetry is so good and I keep finding new things or new ways to think about the things you’ve written in these poems, and you absolutely should do more blackout poetry from other books, too!! <3

~Madi
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Name: RonsGirlFriday (Signed) · Date: 02 Feb 2021 07:26 AM · For: Chapter 2

Hi Sam! Here for more fairyland reviewing!

Oh man, this chapter of the book really made for some dark, visceral poetry! I love it. Perhaps because this was just how the content of the chapter dictated the resulting poetry, but these ones all seem to really fit together thematically, even more so than the ones in the first chapter.

I loved number 10, such a feeling to it. And the phrases in number 12 all came together really nicely to create a suspenseful, mysterious moment.

Number 17 was absolutely brilliant, the list of things, “something to think about/ anything not related to death,” and the way it ended was so eerie. 

And numbers 18 and 19, how they evoke images or feelings about some kind of connection but it’s so mysterious and open to interpretation.

Really awesome job, I loved reading these!!

 

<3 Melanie

Name: RonsGirlFriday (Signed) · Date: 02 Feb 2021 07:11 AM · For: Chapter 1

Hi Sam! I’m here for the fairyland review event!

I just finished reading Renee’s blackout poetry, and in hers she mentioned yours and so I had to come check it out!

I just think it’s amazing what someone can create when doing blackout poetry, not just taking words and phrases and sticking them onto a new page but really creating poetry. Poetry itself is a skill, and this type of poetry is also a skill, using someone else’s words and making a new meaning out of them, or using them to highlight things from the original text. Not to mention it’s just a wonderful new way to engage with the original text.

It’s been like, forever and a day since I’ve read or watched Red Dragon but I know the gist of it and the tone. And there’s something sort of raw and blunt that comes through in these poems.

I think my favorite might be number 5, “This was how he would remember the end” — I just thought all of those phrases came together so perfectly and created a snapshot of  moment and a feeling of regret.

 

<3 Melanie

Name: victoria_anne (Signed) · Date: 28 Aug 2020 02:38 AM · For: Chapter 1

Hi Sam! Here to give this story some love! My knowledge of Red Dragon is very limited (I saw the movie once ages ago) but I get a sense of the dark, psychological thriller I think it is. I also think it provides the perfect sand for you to build a castle with. I mean that in a good way, because I know you can write this kind of mind game idea really well!

 

Blackout poetry is such a skill and what you've created is so beautiful, and I love that it tells a story and still provides so much in so few words and stanzas. I think 5 and 7 are my favourites. 5 captures this perfect sunset moment of reflection (that's how I see it, anyway) and 7 brings in another character and gives me a little idea of the subject's relationship to others (which clearly isn't that good). But all the installments have this beautiful rhythm that is both lilting and halting. I think it reflects really well what the mind it's talking about is going through. 

 

Great work! <3