Reviews

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

monicagrace94's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

prettyprincesscutie's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.5

jeninthebooks08's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

4.75 stars. This struck a cord with me. What a beautiful collection of words, not just that, also simply inspiring and emotional and so, so gorgeous.  So tender, kind, and gentle. Everything the world needs. 
I was kicked in the chest by these quotes:

"to this day, you fall for people who want to give you their woundedness but not their kindness or care"

"today i looked inside the ocean of my sadness and found a volcano of anger there"

Absolutely in love with this collection. Something that has finally uplifted my reading year ❤️

morganvw's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

brightestwitch_maddie's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

strauberry's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautiful collection! Loved the audiobook. The author has a great reading and performance voice!

kristinconnolly's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

My favorite was to compulsive caregivers. This book made me very emotional but also hopeful and inspired to bring more love into this world. I think sometimes this world feels so hopeless and this book put that into perspective for me. I really enjoyed the prompts after each poem and I am going to buy a hard copy so that I can look at those more thoroughly. Such a well written and beautiful book of poems. 

unread's review against another edition

hopeful reflective

3.25

emiliejoychristy's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

justabean_reads's review

5.0

Kai Cheng Thom just never disappoints. This book intercuts prose poems written in the form of letters with suggestions/enchantments in response to each letter. I continue to be bad about talking about poetry, but each letter is so powerful, both in its insight into humanity and seeing the patterns that weave under everyday life, and in seeing kindness and ambiguity in situations that are so often just Discourse bait. Thom writes to friends and lovers and johns and TERFs, specific individuals and general groups, and every time open-heartedness is the centre of her life.

I'm really glad I bought this one, as I can see going back to it often.