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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
There were a few poems I liked, but many of them were just super repetitive. Also, many of them seemed mansplainy and I didn’t like how he kept referencing “broken women” who were abandoned by their father’s as if a strong women could only grow from coming from a broken home and single mother’s obviously couldn’t raise a well adjusted woman. There was actually a lot of stuff I didn’t like, but that’s a start.
- beautiful
- powerful
-highly recommend
- was a joy to read
- powerful
-highly recommend
- was a joy to read
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Stunning. The words didn't leap off the page. They soaked into my mind and heart in a way that only wonderfully emotional intention can. As both a homage, adoration, and encouragement about Sin's partner and women in general, the heartache and splendor of love. The way Sin flits between both because they're both needed is breathtaking.
Full Review:
https://thescarletreaderreviews.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/reclaiming-the-heart-whiskey-words-a-shovel-i-a-book-review/
Full Review:
https://thescarletreaderreviews.wordpress.com/2021/10/24/reclaiming-the-heart-whiskey-words-a-shovel-i-a-book-review/
Okay, so I want to start off by saying that I'm not sure I count his work as poetry. I think that books like this are writing, and that they're important and beautiful sometimes, but I have a hard time say that it's poetry. That's no a degration-- I just don't think it has a genre yet.
That being said, I'm not super sure I liked this. I think what primarily bothered me is that the author is male, and there are some things that he says that felt kind of degrading or slightly irrelevant. There are some solid moments. But this volume needed editing. There's a lot here that I didn't need. But who knows, maybe I'll come back to it when I go through a breakup?
That being said, I'm not super sure I liked this. I think what primarily bothered me is that the author is male, and there are some things that he says that felt kind of degrading or slightly irrelevant. There are some solid moments. But this volume needed editing. There's a lot here that I didn't need. But who knows, maybe I'll come back to it when I go through a breakup?
When someone comes along with the incredible ability to scribe your deepest emotions in black and white, it is impossible to speak against it. It gives you compassion, because you know, now, that you are not alone in it, and that gives you comfort. Marvelous.
Some worthy words
no one taught you to love you and that’s your biggest problem searching for validation in people who will never accept you for you being made to feel like you’re not good enough trying to prove yourself to those who will never be good enough for you
no one taught you to love you and that’s your biggest problem searching for validation in people who will never accept you for you being made to feel like you’re not good enough trying to prove yourself to those who will never be good enough for you
emotional
relaxing
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced