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gwimo's review against another edition
4.0
Ever listen to an audiobook and think, "Man, I really need to read this book. Why haven't I ever read this book before?"
Well, that's me.
Well, that's me.
ginnygriggs's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Didn’t love this like I love some of his others.
amybh4rucha's review
5.0
sublime poetry focusing on biblical events and religion in modern times
fucking so good oh my god
fucking so good oh my god
lulujoe's review against another edition
2.0
Some stuff in here I liked, most things went completely over my head. That’s to say: it’s a poetry collection.
bigcheese's review against another edition
3.0
When I read anything related to birds, or even in conversation, my point of reference is the birds of Wharton’s ‘Birdy.’
Holy fucking hell. Leonard Cohen’s ‘Letter,’ it’s perfect.
I also like ‘These Heroics,’ and ‘The Warrior Boats.’
‘The Fly,’ and ‘On Certain Incredible Nights’ are phenomenal in their quaint ways, beautifully romantic views. The man who is about to say the woman’s name is also quite a nice piece.
‘The Fly’ is the last one that I got something out of. Perhaps the one about the homeless people was good.
The poems about religious stories are boring. The longest poem in the collection was bloated.
Of Leonard Cohen I’ve listened to music, read this poetry, and his novel ‘Beautiful Losers,’ which is a great book. Coincidentally he appears as a written character in the book that I read after starting this collection to fill the time before I got my hands on that book.
This poetry collection has not a whisper about indigenous peoples as I thought Leonard Cohen might’ve been so inclined to think about. In ‘Beautiful Losers’ it is a strange kind of representation. It is nice in saying how the white man has disrespected the natives, but then the protagonist fetishises them to high hell. I love the concept of fetishisation. It is both tasteless and genius in that novel at once. Cohen is cool.
Holy fucking hell. Leonard Cohen’s ‘Letter,’ it’s perfect.
I also like ‘These Heroics,’ and ‘The Warrior Boats.’
‘The Fly,’ and ‘On Certain Incredible Nights’ are phenomenal in their quaint ways, beautifully romantic views. The man who is about to say the woman’s name is also quite a nice piece.
‘The Fly’ is the last one that I got something out of. Perhaps the one about the homeless people was good.
The poems about religious stories are boring. The longest poem in the collection was bloated.
Of Leonard Cohen I’ve listened to music, read this poetry, and his novel ‘Beautiful Losers,’ which is a great book. Coincidentally he appears as a written character in the book that I read after starting this collection to fill the time before I got my hands on that book.
This poetry collection has not a whisper about indigenous peoples as I thought Leonard Cohen might’ve been so inclined to think about. In ‘Beautiful Losers’ it is a strange kind of representation. It is nice in saying how the white man has disrespected the natives, but then the protagonist fetishises them to high hell. I love the concept of fetishisation. It is both tasteless and genius in that novel at once. Cohen is cool.
leilania's review against another edition
reflective
3.0
I actually enjoyed a lot of these poems, will definitely be reading more Leonard Cohen