But good people: Revenge is more than spite. I do not peddle simple
spite; it's only spite when the war is over. And our wars rage.

So rage back, my friends. Buy a bag of spiders today, and rage back. I can only describe this book as odd and extraordinary! At the start, I wasn't sure I would like this, and I couldn't understand the setting; we're listening to a robot whose memories were recovered from a post-apocalyptic world, and as we do so we follow 2 poets traveling across the said world, as poet-bards. I'm not clear on that bit, and I will need to read the start again. Either way, Myhre uses that setting to explore racism, homophobia, poetry, sexism, and violence without naming names. This setting gives him a lot of freedom to explore things, for example, 'Revenge is the best Success' is a great poem, but works even better in this setting rather than a more standard book of poems. The poems on Hen March are great, but an entire book on Hen March may not have worked the way these poems in this setting did and how they made us switch between the past and the present. I also loved how the poets cross paths with so many unreasonable people and are brushed aside every time they speak the truth; it's indicative of not only the role art has in our lives but also of how truth still exists, someone does still speak it, even when it looks like the majority doesn't agree with it. I also really appreciate Myhre’s poetry because it sounds really lovely to read out loud. I'm not a big fan of poetry that doesn’t sound right when you read it out loud. I hate that. This isn’t like that, which I love! And if you’re wondering why you should buy a bag of spiders, hit the link in my bio to read the poem in question! #QOTD: What’s your favourite NetGalley book? #bookstagramofmine #book #books #poetrybook #netgalley #arc #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookreviewer #buttonpoetry #KyleGuanteTranMyhre #poet #modernpoetry #poetryquotes #poetryexcerpt #bookblogger #bookblogger #bookstagrampak #bookstagrampakistan #bookish #booklove #bookreviews #bookreviewsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookdragon #booklover #bookreader