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taythebookish's review
5.0
Emotional and raw is what Caitlin made feel after reading this. I didn't want to rush through this because I wanted to absorb what she was feeling and honestly? I think I absorbed too much. I felt like I was right next to Caitlin as she wrote this. As she cried, I cried with her. Like I read the text messages too and felt the emotions that came from the reactions she felt. I'm so in love with this piece. Thank you Caitlin for putting your heart out there.
jjjjuliafreitas's review
5.0
I’m grateful for this book. The right words at the right time. Thank you.
seventhswan's review
5.0
I'd been wanting to read this for ages and today I finally got the chance and OUCH. A good ouch, but still ouch. Many feelings were had, and I'm sure many more will be had if I ever find myself rereading this after a breakup of my own - I know it will hurt, but I know I'll do it anyway.
If Lorde's album Melodrama was a book of poetry, I think it would be this one. (And I mean that as a great compliment)
If Lorde's album Melodrama was a book of poetry, I think it would be this one. (And I mean that as a great compliment)
keytonpnop's review
5.0
Caitlin Conlon has such a way with words and I will forever be here eating them up. Cavity was beautiful and raw and heartbreaking. I can see myself coming back to this little books again and again. You know, on those days when you just want to have your heart broken and stitched up again.
stephyyanne's review
5.0
We read to know we are not alone in our loneliness and our longing and our regret; to know we are human; to give ourselves permission to feel because of this person can, then why can’t I? And Caitlin does exactly that with everything she writes. Her words are strung together so beautifully, her experience and emotions so honest and raw, that you can’t help but to relate to them and be comforted by them. I love her and I love this book and I think everyone needs to read it.
shaunnow38's review
5.0
Cavity is a devastating collection of poems that tracks the aftermath of heartbreak, in all of its poetic and emotional episodes. Caitlin Conlon has done something marvellous here, as I found myself murmuring lines just to capture their weight fully. Repition of these poems only brings out more.
I loved the narrative quality of the collection itself, and the variety of textures the poems provided to that overarching narrative. Conlon is able to capture a sort of rebirth in this arc, or at least brief glimpses of suffering and survival after heartbreak. This collection will make you cry and contemplate the hole where your heart is.
Her writing is simply enrapturing. Read this collection even if it hurts, read this collection even if it draws emotion out of your body, read this because it is so vital, so vibrant, so painstakingly beautiful.
I loved the narrative quality of the collection itself, and the variety of textures the poems provided to that overarching narrative. Conlon is able to capture a sort of rebirth in this arc, or at least brief glimpses of suffering and survival after heartbreak. This collection will make you cry and contemplate the hole where your heart is.
Her writing is simply enrapturing. Read this collection even if it hurts, read this collection even if it draws emotion out of your body, read this because it is so vital, so vibrant, so painstakingly beautiful.
ashleysager's review
5.0
Caitlin is amazing and so is her poetry. She is honest and raw, and her words absolutely inspire me.
baileyjohnk's review
5.0
I was really lucky to have followed this girl a while back on twitter. I loved scrolling through her profile every now and then to see her poems and her horoscopes. She was the most genuine, poetic human I had read from in a while. She wrote about real pain. Pain that’s been laughed at for being too exaggerated and romanticized but I believe those words come from people who have never had their heart truly broken. I have and I think that’s why I appreciated this collection so much. When you’re in love, you think there’s no possible way you could put that feeling into words and when you’re out of love, you think it again, only worse. I’ve tried a million times, through handfuls of songs and poems and short stories. Writing is my one true coping mechanism. Though I’ve produced some pieces I’m very proud of, I don’t think I’ve ever hit the nail on the head. I’ve found love and heartbreak to be indescribable. But Caitlin really did it. She really made the intangible tangible. I could feel it, smell it, taste it. I was brought back to some of my better days, some of my worst days when I read this. I just loved it so much. If Caitlin wrote this at 19 years old, I can’t even imagine where she’ll go from here. If she keeps getting better and better with age, she’ll be the one breaking hearts with her poems. I’m so proud to call this girl a friend.
xchiara's review
5.0
“you must understand that, even though the clocks
weren’t right for you,
every alarm chimed on schedule for me.”
forever my favourite line. i love caitlin’s writing and i can’t wait to see what the future brings.
weren’t right for you,
every alarm chimed on schedule for me.”
forever my favourite line. i love caitlin’s writing and i can’t wait to see what the future brings.