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linnaboobooks's review against another edition
1.0
From Netgalley in an exchange for an honest review.
I found this to be both boring and didn't get very much out of it.
I found this to be both boring and didn't get very much out of it.
bookishlifeofabbyh's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve loved Cody Simpson since Iyiyi came out. Reading his poetry shows how much he has grown as an artist. Very good poems.
locolibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
I was interested to read a book of poems from a person from my age group in modern society. Many of the reviews on here are quite harsh, and I don’t think his poems are terrible by any means. He is a wonderful lyricist, and even has some of his songs lyrics in his book. These are some of his best parts, where he keeps the words soft and lovely. However, there are poems in here that have some crude meanings and some words are used that seem out of place, and I don’t care for those personally.
One review says he doesn’t seem to have any themes in his poems. I disagree. Many of them are love poems or the struggle between earthly pleasures and mental awareness and asceticism.
Here are themes I believe he focuses on:
- dualism
- battle between asceticism and earthly pleasures
- freedom and ecstasy of the mind
- urge to love and explore nature
- romance
- Greek mythology
- ego and false glories
- mental awareness and meditation
- unity of peoples
- government corruption and the failure of society
Personally, I do not agree with some of his beliefs or ideologies, I was intrigued by his style on many poems and prose as well as his use of figurative language.
One review says he doesn’t seem to have any themes in his poems. I disagree. Many of them are love poems or the struggle between earthly pleasures and mental awareness and asceticism.
Here are themes I believe he focuses on:
- dualism
- battle between asceticism and earthly pleasures
- freedom and ecstasy of the mind
- urge to love and explore nature
- romance
- Greek mythology
- ego and false glories
- mental awareness and meditation
- unity of peoples
- government corruption and the failure of society
Personally, I do not agree with some of his beliefs or ideologies, I was intrigued by his style on many poems and prose as well as his use of figurative language.
donotuse321's review against another edition
4.0
I’ve loved Cody Simpson since Iyiyi came out. Reading his poetry shows how much he has grown as an artist. Very good poems.
constantcatreader's review against another edition
3.0
I was interested to read a book of poems from a person from my age group in modern society. Many of the reviews on here are quite harsh, and I don’t think his poems are terrible by any means. He is a wonderful lyricist, and even has some of his songs lyrics in his book. These are some of his best parts, where he keeps the words soft and lovely. However, there are poems in here that have some crude meanings and some words are used that seem out of place, and I don’t care for those personally.
One review says he doesn’t seem to have any themes in his poems. I disagree. Many of them are love poems or the struggle between earthly pleasures and mental awareness and asceticism.
Here are themes I believe he focuses on:
- dualism
- battle between asceticism and earthly pleasures
- freedom and ecstasy of the mind
- urge to love and explore nature
- romance
- Greek mythology
- ego and false glories
- mental awareness and meditation
- unity of peoples
- government corruption and the failure of society
Personally, I do not agree with some of his beliefs or ideologies, I was intrigued by his style on many poems and prose as well as his use of figurative language.
One review says he doesn’t seem to have any themes in his poems. I disagree. Many of them are love poems or the struggle between earthly pleasures and mental awareness and asceticism.
Here are themes I believe he focuses on:
- dualism
- battle between asceticism and earthly pleasures
- freedom and ecstasy of the mind
- urge to love and explore nature
- romance
- Greek mythology
- ego and false glories
- mental awareness and meditation
- unity of peoples
- government corruption and the failure of society
Personally, I do not agree with some of his beliefs or ideologies, I was intrigued by his style on many poems and prose as well as his use of figurative language.
bookstoresurfer's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I mean some of them were great
whothefuckiseliza's review against another edition
Okay so I got this book off netgalley and my god I’m so glad I didn’t pay anything for it..
this book screams to me that the author is trying too hard, poor use of English and extremely cringy.. I saved a few examples to illustrate how bad it was..
Page 33: a poem about him getting a hard on at the beach from staring at some stranger
Page 79: “milky crotch” (not I visual that I wanted)
Page 86: “take off your clothes for I MUST see you NOW”
The poems often talk about women and is extremely sexualised in a really creepy way. There’s a difference between writing poetry that expresses desire for women and then passages that indicate that he is entitled to their bodies etc. not a fan of how a lot of the poems came across. Sexist and almost misogynistic at times.
Also uses a bunch of big words that kind of ruin the poems cause he’s like trying to sound smarter but it just sounds stupid?? Seems like he had a thesaurus out while writing to find words that sounded more poetic which left me editing the work in my head while I read which was a nightmare..
I totally judged this book by its cover thinking it would be great, but if you turn it over, the back cover is an author photo of him as a cowboy and honestly looks like some mills and boon book front cover which is kinda creepy as an author photo and basically sums up the creepy experience I had reading it
this book screams to me that the author is trying too hard, poor use of English and extremely cringy.. I saved a few examples to illustrate how bad it was..
Page 33: a poem about him getting a hard on at the beach from staring at some stranger
Page 79: “milky crotch” (not I visual that I wanted)
Page 86: “take off your clothes for I MUST see you NOW”
The poems often talk about women and is extremely sexualised in a really creepy way. There’s a difference between writing poetry that expresses desire for women and then passages that indicate that he is entitled to their bodies etc. not a fan of how a lot of the poems came across. Sexist and almost misogynistic at times.
Also uses a bunch of big words that kind of ruin the poems cause he’s like trying to sound smarter but it just sounds stupid?? Seems like he had a thesaurus out while writing to find words that sounded more poetic which left me editing the work in my head while I read which was a nightmare..
I totally judged this book by its cover thinking it would be great, but if you turn it over, the back cover is an author photo of him as a cowboy and honestly looks like some mills and boon book front cover which is kinda creepy as an author photo and basically sums up the creepy experience I had reading it
paovilchis25's review against another edition
3.0
“Son, there are millions of fish in the sea. Find yourself a mermaid”
2.5 stars
I requested this book mainly because of the author, I love Cody Simpson´s work and I wanted to explore what he could do in the poetry environment. The poems in the beginning were strong and I kept telling myself “wow if all the poems are going to be like this I think I have just found a new favorite poetry collection”, however I was so disappointed that only the first few poems were that strong.
Like I said, the first few poems were strong, however I am sad to say that the poems that followed were not for me at all. In my opinion, the author tried to be very sophisticated, using metaphors in every sentence and using words that just left me feeling like I had no idea what was going on. I was constantly saying “what is he talking about” “what does he mean” and maybe this is a reflection of how bad of a poetry reader I am but I was so confused for almost all of the collection.
I was sad I did not enjoy this more, I truly wanted to love this and get a more personal glimpse in the life and thoughts of the author since I love his work and what he does. But I could not get into this, there was no common theme, he used words that were just difficult to understand and it changed the overall meaning and tone and moreover, this poetry collection tried way too hard to be more than it is.
I am disappointed that I couldn’t find many positive things about this collection, but I truly had a hard time getting through this book even though it was 128 pages.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read and review this collection.
2.5 stars
I requested this book mainly because of the author, I love Cody Simpson´s work and I wanted to explore what he could do in the poetry environment. The poems in the beginning were strong and I kept telling myself “wow if all the poems are going to be like this I think I have just found a new favorite poetry collection”, however I was so disappointed that only the first few poems were that strong.
Like I said, the first few poems were strong, however I am sad to say that the poems that followed were not for me at all. In my opinion, the author tried to be very sophisticated, using metaphors in every sentence and using words that just left me feeling like I had no idea what was going on. I was constantly saying “what is he talking about” “what does he mean” and maybe this is a reflection of how bad of a poetry reader I am but I was so confused for almost all of the collection.
I was sad I did not enjoy this more, I truly wanted to love this and get a more personal glimpse in the life and thoughts of the author since I love his work and what he does. But I could not get into this, there was no common theme, he used words that were just difficult to understand and it changed the overall meaning and tone and moreover, this poetry collection tried way too hard to be more than it is.
I am disappointed that I couldn’t find many positive things about this collection, but I truly had a hard time getting through this book even though it was 128 pages.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read and review this collection.