Christina Sng

A collection of tiny terrors from Bram Stoker Award (R) winner Christina Sng. The Gravity of Existence is a weight lifted, a monster freed, a princess with sneakers, a spell for a better world. From one of the leading voices in dark verse, this collection delights in the misunderstood, putting a new spin on werewolves, basilisks, sirens, ghosts, aliens, pandemics, fairy tales and myths. Sng gives new voice to classic heroines and the result is terrifying, magical, and fantastic.

Poems

The Gravity of Existence

Emily Perkovich

This was disappointing, but I am trying to rate it based on the writing itself and not on my expectations. There were really well written lines, but overall, I don’t think a single poem stuck with me. I thought that this would either be drenched in metaphor or have some sort of narrative running throughout, but I didn’t end up getting that. It was more like reading many micro takes on Horror/scifi/fantasy ideas, which might be fine, if anything felt new or relevant. The Childhood section was my least favorite and particularly difficult for me to focus on. I love haikus, but nothing about these felt fresh or clever. Certain sections worked better than others. Ghost and The End were more of what I was expecting with this collection as they had a bit more of a thread running through them, and I may have given this 4 stars if the entire collection was written this way. Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC

The Gravity of Existence Poems

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