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tragedies's review
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
3.5
In Where Hope Comes From, Nikita Gill meditates on life during the pandemic by seeking solace and truth in the life cycle of stars. Her poems take us on a journey of reflection and healing. A journey through the cosmos, from the sinking despair of a blackhole to the bright new beginnings of a nebula. While I personally like Wild Embers more, Where Hope Comes From is a magical poetry collection—a safe space for the stardust in our weary hearts to roam free.
franxensteinx's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
my book was personalized by a friend which made it even more special to me, it contains a lot of poetry concerning the pandemic but it was inspirational and really hit a nerve right there, totally what i needed to hear now
greenteabookme's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t often read poetry and wasn’t sure what to expect when I read the summary of Where Hope Comes From, but I found it a refreshing read and a piece of history I hope we can cherish when all things “covid” are over for good (hopefully one day soon).
I could really see the emotional journey of the author over the pandemic year, and the changes in the poetry… many are hopeful and about resilience, but many are less hopeful and I felt really captured the dark side of covid and the loneliness universally felt by so many of us. The artwork to go along with every poem was perfect…. haunting in some cases, and beautiful in others.
Thank you to NetGalley and of course the author for the opportunity to read this collection. Many of these poems and powerful thoughts will stay with me for a while! Would definitely recommend it to anyone and I’ll likely grab a purchased copy myself!
I could really see the emotional journey of the author over the pandemic year, and the changes in the poetry… many are hopeful and about resilience, but many are less hopeful and I felt really captured the dark side of covid and the loneliness universally felt by so many of us. The artwork to go along with every poem was perfect…. haunting in some cases, and beautiful in others.
Thank you to NetGalley and of course the author for the opportunity to read this collection. Many of these poems and powerful thoughts will stay with me for a while! Would definitely recommend it to anyone and I’ll likely grab a purchased copy myself!
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
I do not read a lot of poetry, and I've never read any by Nikita Gill before. But I was very intrigued by the idea of Nikita Gill so directly tackling the pandemic - and the challenging year we've all been through - in poem form along with a kind of bigger declaration of how all of us together make up this wonderful, fantastical universe combating the loneliness many of us felt during this extremely trying time.
I cannot even count how many times I would be reading through one of the poems and it would just hit me how much I related to the words on the page. How they fit into my own personal feelings and experience from this past year especially as it's been over a year and I've started to reflect upon where me and my family was this same time in 2020 with each passing day. These poems are so relatable and kind of stand as a testament of life.
What's more, it's a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Gill makes sure to highlight that these experiences are not singular. That they are shared by everyone. While there are variances, every single person was hit in some way by this pandemic. That we are not as alone with this as it oftentimes felt. I think that human connection is one of the most important things to convey in all of this. That we've all felt the loss in some way, shape, or form. It's something that will stay with all of us for the rest of our lives. But looking to the smaller victories, things we learned, people we loved and spent our time with, etc. that's where we succeed.
I can certainly see myself going back to this collection sometime in the future as a look at where we were in 2020 and hopefully as a prediction of where we will find ourselves.
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I do not read a lot of poetry, and I've never read any by Nikita Gill before. But I was very intrigued by the idea of Nikita Gill so directly tackling the pandemic - and the challenging year we've all been through - in poem form along with a kind of bigger declaration of how all of us together make up this wonderful, fantastical universe combating the loneliness many of us felt during this extremely trying time.
I cannot even count how many times I would be reading through one of the poems and it would just hit me how much I related to the words on the page. How they fit into my own personal feelings and experience from this past year especially as it's been over a year and I've started to reflect upon where me and my family was this same time in 2020 with each passing day. These poems are so relatable and kind of stand as a testament of life.
What's more, it's a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Gill makes sure to highlight that these experiences are not singular. That they are shared by everyone. While there are variances, every single person was hit in some way by this pandemic. That we are not as alone with this as it oftentimes felt. I think that human connection is one of the most important things to convey in all of this. That we've all felt the loss in some way, shape, or form. It's something that will stay with all of us for the rest of our lives. But looking to the smaller victories, things we learned, people we loved and spent our time with, etc. that's where we succeed.
I can certainly see myself going back to this collection sometime in the future as a look at where we were in 2020 and hopefully as a prediction of where we will find ourselves.
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.