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kokechii's review against another edition
4.0
you are a woman after your own heart,
darling,
that is the bravest thing you could possibly be.
what a lovely, comforting poetry book. i've really enjoyed reading this.
darling,
that is the bravest thing you could possibly be.
what a lovely, comforting poetry book. i've really enjoyed reading this.
maimona's review against another edition
4.0
a lot of deep messages are in her poems, every poem felt like a talk from her to me, an advice that I need to listen to! as a woman how we are meant to love ourselves before loving someone else before getting ourselves get lost!
every girl has her magical beauty, from the heart to the deepest thoughts, we shouldn't allow someone to judge us by how we look!
loved the poems and their message!
the whole book recommended :)
every girl has her magical beauty, from the heart to the deepest thoughts, we shouldn't allow someone to judge us by how we look!
loved the poems and their message!
the whole book recommended :)
menastarr's review against another edition
2.0
this was very much...notes app poetry. some of the poems were absolutely gorgeous though, i do have to give credit where it's due.
africanbookaddict's review against another edition
2.0
!!! REVIEW - https://africanbookaddict.com/2017/05/19/poetry-soft-magic-questions-for-ada/
This was a decent collection, Upile has done well.
It was quite healing and self-helpish, which isn't bad. It could have used more editing- the typos were annoying to spot. And some poems felt like a knock off from 'salt.' (Nayyirah Waheed's collection) - just being honest here lol. But I loved how very pro-black this collection was. Its black A F.
Fave poems:
"being this ebony.
having this name.
carrying this language in my mouth.
there were times when I only wanted
to blend in
to sit unnoticed,
un-special,
but blending in is fading out"
And
"here we are,
black and in love with ourselves
and they spite us for it"
This was a decent collection, Upile has done well.
It was quite healing and self-helpish, which isn't bad. It could have used more editing- the typos were annoying to spot. And some poems felt like a knock off from 'salt.' (Nayyirah Waheed's collection) - just being honest here lol. But I loved how very pro-black this collection was. Its black A F.
Fave poems:
"being this ebony.
having this name.
carrying this language in my mouth.
there were times when I only wanted
to blend in
to sit unnoticed,
un-special,
but blending in is fading out"
And
"here we are,
black and in love with ourselves
and they spite us for it"
alexandramilne's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.25