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hollowspine's review
4.0
I do not read much poetry at all. In fact, I tend to avoid it, often finding myself between two extremes, finding poorly executed or finding myself poorly educated. Robinson Alone never allowed me to forget that it was a poetry collection. The strange spacing of the lines, the rhyming, the flow of the words. However, I was also caught up in the story Rooney told through the poem, the changing styles of the verses following the shift of mood in the story.
I also really enjoyed Rooney's word-play, saying that her poetry had rhymes in it simplifies it too much, her rhyming and pairing of words creates an interesting pause to ponder each word and the double or triple meanings it conveys.
The story was extremely depressing, but interesting to read. I find it interesting that after having read it, I don't think that a traditional narrative could do it any justice, without the word-play the poetry, the precise way that Rooney laid her story out, it would not have been as good.
So, I did my duty to read poetry during April. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure this book would appeal to everyone, and you couldn't pick or choose a poem out of it to write on a mother's or father's day card. Maybe that is why I liked it.
I also really enjoyed Rooney's word-play, saying that her poetry had rhymes in it simplifies it too much, her rhyming and pairing of words creates an interesting pause to ponder each word and the double or triple meanings it conveys.
The story was extremely depressing, but interesting to read. I find it interesting that after having read it, I don't think that a traditional narrative could do it any justice, without the word-play the poetry, the precise way that Rooney laid her story out, it would not have been as good.
So, I did my duty to read poetry during April. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure this book would appeal to everyone, and you couldn't pick or choose a poem out of it to write on a mother's or father's day card. Maybe that is why I liked it.
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