Grim's collection of poems are immediate, direct, and heavy. Written at a time when the poet was clearly (as the title suggests) vexed, the poems are often biting and use harsh rhythms and angry phrases (sometimes feeling almost resigned).

Without an in-depth knowledge of poetry in the early 21st Century, I don't feel equipped to write about this book in any detail; the rhythms and style went over my head a lot. The phrases and use of vocabulary were pleasant to read out loud but for me the language didn't combine into any coherent whole. Maybe that was the point – war, disillusionment, travel are all in the book as themes and this mish-mash might be the essence of what Grim wants to tell us. In the end, while I enjoyed some of the poems and really embraced the long second part, I found this collection too disjointed.