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cakereads's review against another edition
2.0
If you are looking for elegant poetry with wonderful imagery and words put together in a beautiful way you've never thought of before, skip this book.
This book reminds me of Lang Leav, whose work I do not enjoy. It took me a year to finish this book, which is a pity because I remember being really excited for it at first.
When I read poetry, I expect to feel something. Of course, poetry doesn't have to make literal sense, but I expect the meaning of the poem to be felt.
In this book, everything is said, and nothing is shown. You are told how to feel, and why you are feeling this way. The words are flat and literal and boring. For example:
Most of the book is filled with sappy lines like those. Yes, there are a few lines I loved such as
There are a number of pieces that would have worked very well if only the author trusted the reader to infer and make their own meaning more. A pity; I so wanted to like this book.
This book reminds me of Lang Leav, whose work I do not enjoy. It took me a year to finish this book, which is a pity because I remember being really excited for it at first.
When I read poetry, I expect to feel something. Of course, poetry doesn't have to make literal sense, but I expect the meaning of the poem to be felt.
In this book, everything is said, and nothing is shown. You are told how to feel, and why you are feeling this way. The words are flat and literal and boring. For example:
The Whole World Is Watching
You're younger than you'll be tomorrow. You've never been closer to the day you die. Go. Now.
The Person Happiness Became
So if you love me but you don't need me, you don't love me.
Most of the book is filled with sappy lines like those. Yes, there are a few lines I loved such as
I am made of ghost notes, from songs you never heard.
There are a number of pieces that would have worked very well if only the author trusted the reader to infer and make their own meaning more. A pity; I so wanted to like this book.
carolinethereader's review against another edition
DNF 52 pages in.
I bought this book when it was quite cheap and thought I would like it because, in general, I enjoy poetry. I struggled a bit with this book. I just found all the poems to be a bit...nothing. They were all very surface level and although they seemed nice when I first read them I found I forgot them immediately after putting the book down. There wasn't any depth to them in my opinion and it just seemed like they were a bit cliche, written in a formulaic way to appeal to a wide audience. Not the book for me but others might still enjoy it.
I bought this book when it was quite cheap and thought I would like it because, in general, I enjoy poetry. I struggled a bit with this book. I just found all the poems to be a bit...nothing. They were all very surface level and although they seemed nice when I first read them I found I forgot them immediately after putting the book down. There wasn't any depth to them in my opinion and it just seemed like they were a bit cliche, written in a formulaic way to appeal to a wide audience. Not the book for me but others might still enjoy it.
bananax's review against another edition
4.0
I really love this audiobook. I have to say, it is the best I have ever listened to. The songs in between and the background music whilst listening to such a very heartfelt pain of the author. You can sense the longing and hope, I love the small parts where the chapter changes by the sound that tapes make. I just love this! definitely give it a read and you won't regret it.
victoriabortolussi's review against another edition
5.0
“Don’t you dare tell me nothing matters. Everything matters. Every fucking drop of rain, every ray of sunlight, every wisp of cloud matters and they matter because I can see them and if I can see them then I know they can see me and I know that there’s an entire world that cares out there, hiding behind a world that doesn’t, afraid to show who it really is and with or without you, I will drag that world out of the dirt and the blood and the muck until we live in it. Until we all live in it.”
sahaar's review against another edition
4.0
i'm not going through a breakup but for the sake of relating to these poems, i wish that i was.
josepha9898's review against another edition
4.0
This takes me forever, not because this collection is bad, it is really beautiful, but I just can't read this on one sitting. It has to be in little chunks.
*Update*
I FINISHED IT! And it was beautiful.
*Update*
I FINISHED IT! And it was beautiful.
nmorales's review against another edition
5.0
I love how Iain S. Thomas placed some of his own photography next to his poems. It can really give the reader something to ponder. There were many poems I liked enough to take a photo of, but only a couple that ran a chill through my body or brought tears to my eyes.
They were:
The Weight of Stone
The Words On A Tombstone
The Grand Distraction
The Light That Shines When Things End
But so so many were wonderful. And I have almost 30 saved in my phone, now.
They were:
The Weight of Stone
The Words On A Tombstone
The Grand Distraction
The Light That Shines When Things End
But so so many were wonderful. And I have almost 30 saved in my phone, now.