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alisonannk's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved the premise of this book. The way the poems and stories connected from one author/poet to another was brilliant and it made the whole book feel cohesive rather than a disjointed collection of distinct projects.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this fabulous ARC.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this fabulous ARC.
laurelthebooks's review against another edition
4.0
The concept behind this collection intrigues me, and I loved reading the connected stories and poems by different writers.
I love the premise behind Michelle Halket creating this collection as well and her passion for it shines through.
I enjoyed reading it, and I recommend to poetry and short story lovers!
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.
I love the premise behind Michelle Halket creating this collection as well and her passion for it shines through.
I enjoyed reading it, and I recommend to poetry and short story lovers!
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley.
mooncrepes's review against another edition
5.0
It's a rare occasion that I read an anthology of poetry and so thoroughly love the written compilation that I find it difficult to close the book for breaks. But this was, surprisingly, the case for [Dis]Connected.
A devourable read from popular poets, this collection is bursting with poems and lines that dare to explore what it means to connect, to unplug, to attempt to fill the empty space between humans. All the works shared themes of love and loss, hurt and healing, but overall, the collection is eclectic and visceral, leaving open the opportunity for it to resonate with just about anyone.
Although I'm not the biggest fan of anthologies in general, I would recommend this collection simply because the messages are so important and the works are deeply touching. Each piece is woven into the next, making this collection a cohesive compilation of everything we all need to hear/know....and more.
A devourable read from popular poets, this collection is bursting with poems and lines that dare to explore what it means to connect, to unplug, to attempt to fill the empty space between humans. All the works shared themes of love and loss, hurt and healing, but overall, the collection is eclectic and visceral, leaving open the opportunity for it to resonate with just about anyone.
Although I'm not the biggest fan of anthologies in general, I would recommend this collection simply because the messages are so important and the works are deeply touching. Each piece is woven into the next, making this collection a cohesive compilation of everything we all need to hear/know....and more.
krys_and_books's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher I was able to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
***
[Dis]connected is chock-full of talented writers and is an interesting premise. Each of the authors writes a poem and a short story, the caveat is the short story is connected to the poem (by a different writer) before it. It’s really interesting and fun to see how each writer took the poem given to them and put their spin on what it meant or what it inspired them to write. This is such a fascinating writing experiment and I love how it turned out. I’m not familiar with all the names that were a part of this but I’ll definitely be adding them to my list of writers to keep an eye out for.
Overall I felt most of the stories had a very melancholy feel to them but the feelings were so real and deep and I may not have necessarily connected with them all I still felt them very deeply.
Definitely recommend to anyone looking to dip their toes in modern poetry and want to see what is on offer.
***
[Dis]connected is chock-full of talented writers and is an interesting premise. Each of the authors writes a poem and a short story, the caveat is the short story is connected to the poem (by a different writer) before it. It’s really interesting and fun to see how each writer took the poem given to them and put their spin on what it meant or what it inspired them to write. This is such a fascinating writing experiment and I love how it turned out. I’m not familiar with all the names that were a part of this but I’ll definitely be adding them to my list of writers to keep an eye out for.
Overall I felt most of the stories had a very melancholy feel to them but the feelings were so real and deep and I may not have necessarily connected with them all I still felt them very deeply.
Definitely recommend to anyone looking to dip their toes in modern poetry and want to see what is on offer.
mcvemma98's review against another edition
4.0
Potential Trigger Warnings: Alcohol abuse, death of a sibling, child abuse
Thank you to NetGalley and Central Avenue Publishing for the digital ARC of this book! Also thank you to Central Avenue Publishing for granting my wish to read this collection. All my opinions are my own.
"[Dis]Connected" is a poetry and short story anthology that I found to be so creative. Some of the most popular poets of this year came together and inspired each other's work, by writing a poem for another writer to create a short story inspired by that poem, as well as writing a poem for another writer to create a short story based of of theirs... etc. This collection came with art illustrations throughout the collection as well.
I loved this collection so much! Like I mentioned before, I found the way this collection was brought together to be so creative and original. It was such a good way to explore new writers, as well as to find new material from authors I recognized and enjoyed, such as Caitlyn Siehl and Alicia Cook for me. This collection was cohesive and worked well together, but several stories stood out from one another, taking on loss, grief, strength, healing, and more, and I enjoyed them so much. Not all stories and poems stood out for me, but most of them did, and they were all very original, and I wished some of them were full-length novels when I finished reading. Something that I was really impressed with was that all of the authors managed to make me care about their characters immediately, which I loved. I wasn't sure if I would end up liking the entire book, just because there are so many authors, and I hadn't read previous work by most of them, but I was pleasantly surprised.
These stories, as well as the authors, were full of diversity, another part of this collection I loved! "Stay With Me" by Courtney Peppernell was about a young woman mourning her girlfriend, and maybe finding new love. "Wrapped in Distance" by Komal Kapoor was a story of a young woman's family getting ready for meeting her brother's potential new bride, and how she felt that she was probably not the Indian daughter her parents wanted. These were some of my favourite stories in this collection. I enjoyed reading about these character's lives, and learning a little bit about them.
I had so many favourites in this collection. "What The Wild Gave Me" by Wilder, "Halo" by Caitlyn Siehl, "The Fourth Saturday" by Alicia Cook, and "Get Up" by Raquel Franco, as well as the stories I mentioned before were the highlights of the collection for me. I typically found that the poetry did not really stick out for me, not because I didn't like them, but because they were typically only one or two pages long, sitting at intervals between the short stories, which were much longer in comparison.
Overall, I loved this incredibly diverse, original, emotional collection so much. Even though I found the poetry could get lost easily in the short stories, I enjoyed pretty much everything I read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Central Avenue Publishing for the digital ARC of this book! Also thank you to Central Avenue Publishing for granting my wish to read this collection. All my opinions are my own.
"[Dis]Connected" is a poetry and short story anthology that I found to be so creative. Some of the most popular poets of this year came together and inspired each other's work, by writing a poem for another writer to create a short story inspired by that poem, as well as writing a poem for another writer to create a short story based of of theirs... etc. This collection came with art illustrations throughout the collection as well.
I loved this collection so much! Like I mentioned before, I found the way this collection was brought together to be so creative and original. It was such a good way to explore new writers, as well as to find new material from authors I recognized and enjoyed, such as Caitlyn Siehl and Alicia Cook for me. This collection was cohesive and worked well together, but several stories stood out from one another, taking on loss, grief, strength, healing, and more, and I enjoyed them so much. Not all stories and poems stood out for me, but most of them did, and they were all very original, and I wished some of them were full-length novels when I finished reading. Something that I was really impressed with was that all of the authors managed to make me care about their characters immediately, which I loved. I wasn't sure if I would end up liking the entire book, just because there are so many authors, and I hadn't read previous work by most of them, but I was pleasantly surprised.
These stories, as well as the authors, were full of diversity, another part of this collection I loved! "Stay With Me" by Courtney Peppernell was about a young woman mourning her girlfriend, and maybe finding new love. "Wrapped in Distance" by Komal Kapoor was a story of a young woman's family getting ready for meeting her brother's potential new bride, and how she felt that she was probably not the Indian daughter her parents wanted. These were some of my favourite stories in this collection. I enjoyed reading about these character's lives, and learning a little bit about them.
I had so many favourites in this collection. "What The Wild Gave Me" by Wilder, "Halo" by Caitlyn Siehl, "The Fourth Saturday" by Alicia Cook, and "Get Up" by Raquel Franco, as well as the stories I mentioned before were the highlights of the collection for me. I typically found that the poetry did not really stick out for me, not because I didn't like them, but because they were typically only one or two pages long, sitting at intervals between the short stories, which were much longer in comparison.
Overall, I loved this incredibly diverse, original, emotional collection so much. Even though I found the poetry could get lost easily in the short stories, I enjoyed pretty much everything I read.
teri_b's review against another edition
4.0
Refreshing.
This is the word that comes to mind once I have finished reading the poems and short stories contained within this book.
Are they connected? Disconnected? They are and they are not. At some point I felt like the stories I had read at that point were each so far apart from each other than possibly could be. But then, in the end, it is all about human experience, how it hits us and how we deal with it depending on where we stand, where we are coming from, where we are headed towards.
Quite a few of the short stories shared deal with grief, loss, death. They also talk about relationships, of family, mother, father, parents, siblings, lovers, grand parents, friends. There is such a wide variety of relating to each other. With quite a few of the short stories I came across life experience I never had thought about before, and that means widening my own horizon of understanding, and for that I love these stories.
As I am currently looking to find a way to read more poetry and getting into reading short stories, this book was fantastic. I loved all the poems I found there and certainly will check the authors further out, short bibliographies can be found at the end of the book. As regards the short stories, some were okay, some really gripped me and drew me right in, left me nearly breathless until I made it to the end.
This review refers to an eARC I received from the publisher via Netgalley in return of an honest review.
This is the word that comes to mind once I have finished reading the poems and short stories contained within this book.
Are they connected? Disconnected? They are and they are not. At some point I felt like the stories I had read at that point were each so far apart from each other than possibly could be. But then, in the end, it is all about human experience, how it hits us and how we deal with it depending on where we stand, where we are coming from, where we are headed towards.
Quite a few of the short stories shared deal with grief, loss, death. They also talk about relationships, of family, mother, father, parents, siblings, lovers, grand parents, friends. There is such a wide variety of relating to each other. With quite a few of the short stories I came across life experience I never had thought about before, and that means widening my own horizon of understanding, and for that I love these stories.
As I am currently looking to find a way to read more poetry and getting into reading short stories, this book was fantastic. I loved all the poems I found there and certainly will check the authors further out, short bibliographies can be found at the end of the book. As regards the short stories, some were okay, some really gripped me and drew me right in, left me nearly breathless until I made it to the end.
This review refers to an eARC I received from the publisher via Netgalley in return of an honest review.
julia_francis's review against another edition
4.0
The collection was incredible. All of the writers that were able to collaborate on this all produced such incredible poems and stories. I absolutely adored the concept, or "theme" of this collection, and thought it was masterfully executed. So, so well done. There are so many incredible talented writers featured in this book, and I can't wait to explore their future works.
jessicacwrites's review against another edition
4.0
I don't read many anthologies, so when I went into this one, I wasn't sure what to expect. I was so pleasantly surprised. The first story really took me away to another world, and the rest of the stories after kept me there. I was so entranced by each and every story- they all had so much pain, so much emotion behind them. A couple of them felt a little too similar to me, which is why I knocked off a star, but overall it was incredibly beautiful.
I've actually never read any prose by poets whose work I've read before, so I really loved the concept for this collection. I am very familiar with many of the poets in this, so it was exciting to see their writing in another form. I definitely want to read the first volume of this now- it has really grabbed my attention.
The stories are all very dark- many are about death/grief, addiction, familial relationships, and more. I am personally a HUGE fan of books that deal with deep, emotional subject matter, but be wary when going into this. Some topics may be triggering.
Overall, if you're a fan of beautiful, flowery, poetic writing, this one is a must.
I've actually never read any prose by poets whose work I've read before, so I really loved the concept for this collection. I am very familiar with many of the poets in this, so it was exciting to see their writing in another form. I definitely want to read the first volume of this now- it has really grabbed my attention.
The stories are all very dark- many are about death/grief, addiction, familial relationships, and more. I am personally a HUGE fan of books that deal with deep, emotional subject matter, but be wary when going into this. Some topics may be triggering.
Overall, if you're a fan of beautiful, flowery, poetic writing, this one is a must.