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bookishcb_21's review against another edition
5.0
LOVE! That’s all I can say for this wonderful book ❤️
taylorhudson's review against another edition
5.0
Not as amazing as his poem collection, but I really enjoyed quite a few in here. It's Tyler so I have to give it 5 stars anyway!!
abs_reads's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
My Star Rating Breakdown:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ --Perfection! I ADORE this book. I will read it over and over and over again. Will rant and rave about this to anyone who will listen.
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 --So, so, so good. I have no complaints, but not every book can be my “favorite” so…
⭐⭐⭐⭐ --Now this is what I'm talking about! Wonderful. I enjoyed it a lot.
⭐⭐⭐.5 -- Not bad! Definitely above average but not quite a favorite. I would be willing to give it another go.
⭐⭐⭐ -- Average. I didn't love it or hate it, but I would happily recommend it to someone who I think might love it.
⭐⭐.5 -- Ehhh. This wasn't great. Or, it was an okay story but there were too many technical errors.
⭐⭐ --I'm not impressed. Hopefully it was a library book and I didn't pay money for it.
⭐.5 --Not the worst book I've ever read, but it was a close call. Might recommend to someone I don't like.
⭐ --Wow that was bad. No redeemable qualities. I dislike everything about it. I don’t condone book burning, but this might be an exception.
arrifiantyf's review
5.0
I am nothing more than a million thoughts of you swimming inside me.
My favorite haiku in this book.
My favorite haiku in this book.
wordslikenature's review
5.0
I can't say anything more than I said about his first title. Gregson is absolutely a modern favorite and I hang on every word. His language is somehow metered with effortless precision and each sound is heavy and purposeful. I read many of these aloud to my boyfriend, who is long distance.
Beauty exists here.
-copy won in a giveaway, being donated to a library.
Beauty exists here.
-copy won in a giveaway, being donated to a library.
sprinkledwithwords's review
3.0
I’m aware that this book has very good reviews and speaks to a lot of people, but I have to admit I think it was struck by the curse of thinking that pretty language = A* poetry. Some of the haikus were very powerful and unique and new, but a lot were just “Instagram poetry” but the type that doesn’t really mean a lot.
I also wonder that putting an entire book together of these haiku that are all very similar wasn’t a smart move. By the time I was halfway though I kind of wanted to say, “Alright, I get it, you’re in love!” It was all the same stuff rehashed over and over again.
These harsh words make it sound like I hated the book, which isn’t entirely true – like I said, I liked some of the poems, such as:
Your soul knew my soul
long before we needed skin
to spend a life in.
See, I’m not completely cold-hearted.
I just wonder that instead of doing a whole book of love haiku, perhaps a pamphlet or interspersing these haiku into Gregson’s other collection Chasers of the Light may have been a better idea. Or maybe it’s just me. Probably just me.
I also wonder that putting an entire book together of these haiku that are all very similar wasn’t a smart move. By the time I was halfway though I kind of wanted to say, “Alright, I get it, you’re in love!” It was all the same stuff rehashed over and over again.
These harsh words make it sound like I hated the book, which isn’t entirely true – like I said, I liked some of the poems, such as:
Your soul knew my soul
long before we needed skin
to spend a life in.
See, I’m not completely cold-hearted.
I just wonder that instead of doing a whole book of love haiku, perhaps a pamphlet or interspersing these haiku into Gregson’s other collection Chasers of the Light may have been a better idea. Or maybe it’s just me. Probably just me.
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