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mshield's review
3.0
Collections are difficult things to rate, even when by the same writer.
Some of the poems connected. Some were easy and enjoyable to read and comprehend, some had a superb grasp of rhythm and rhyme. Others were too subtle, or required extra contextual knowledge to appreciate.
I consider myself of average intelligence, and a few of the poems here flitted over my head and out of reach of flailing arms.
There were two standouts for me: The Changeling, and The Sunlit House. The former a brief story enwreathed in folklore, the latter a captured moment in time with a nod to superstition.
Some of the poems connected. Some were easy and enjoyable to read and comprehend, some had a superb grasp of rhythm and rhyme. Others were too subtle, or required extra contextual knowledge to appreciate.
I consider myself of average intelligence, and a few of the poems here flitted over my head and out of reach of flailing arms.
There were two standouts for me: The Changeling, and The Sunlit House. The former a brief story enwreathed in folklore, the latter a captured moment in time with a nod to superstition.
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