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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
The pain that the author expresses in this body of works is what really resonated with me. There were definitely points where I felt a little confused because it seemed as though a few of his poems were speaking directly to his female audience, which was mildly uncomfortable but I won’t take what was written personally. Overall, I believe that the author was mostly just expressing his own thoughts and emotions in regards to his specific experiences. All in all, I found this book to be very cathartic.
A book written by a man that I don’t realize is written by a man will automatically be okay in my eyes.
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
I don't really know what I expected from this poetry collection. I think I went into it with high expectations, but at the same time, none. I'd heard high praise, that's all. And with a title like this...I don't know, I think I was expecting to be wowed? But I realize I am very picky with modern poetry. Or poetry in general, I guess you could say. So while I liked this, I found it to be middling.
Its been a while, as I'm writing this. And I don't remember any specific poems. Nothing that stood out enough for me to think, "Wow. I need to read that again. And then again." And that's the kind of reaction I want out of a poetry book, you know? I do think I would read more by this author, but I'm not sure that I'm in any hurry to do so.
That being said, I may have read this too quickly. Maybe if I'd paused, slowed down, really digested some of the poems in here, they might have resonated with me more. None of them were bad by any means. I can easily see why this author is so beloved, and I think their message in each of these poems are important ones. I love that others can read these and feel some kind of connection. Maybe I read them too quickly too feel that connection myself. Maybe I should have spaced it out, reading a few poems one day, a few more the next. Given myself a bit more time to understand each one instead of quickly moving onto the next. Instead, I think I binged this book, and now I don't remember much of any of it. I forget that poetry books aren't usually meant to be binged as quickly as traditional novels are. So maybe I just need to read more by the author and figure out my opinions later, when I've been exposed to more.
I guess as it stands right now, I didn't love this, but I definitely didn't hate it either. It's just middling.
"you'll take these dirty walls
and paint over them
with the brightest colors
known to man"
For some godforsaken reason, I've started myself down on a R.H. Sin roll. If the rest of his works are consistently like this, then I only hope I rush through them real fast. I feel like R.H. Sin has a recurring problem (as mentioned in my previous review), but in this work, it seems like his focus is mostly on the idea of a "broken" woman, somehow magically being fixed by a man who insists that it's "okay" that she's broken or hurt from past relationships.
On one level, this works. On another... (plus the use of sexual references scattered throughout) it just feels sanctimonious. Wrong. It just feels wrong. But, then again, to each one's own.
and paint over them
with the brightest colors
known to man"
For some godforsaken reason, I've started myself down on a R.H. Sin roll. If the rest of his works are consistently like this, then I only hope I rush through them real fast. I feel like R.H. Sin has a recurring problem (as mentioned in my previous review), but in this work, it seems like his focus is mostly on the idea of a "broken" woman, somehow magically being fixed by a man who insists that it's "okay" that she's broken or hurt from past relationships.
On one level, this works. On another... (plus the use of sexual references scattered throughout) it just feels sanctimonious. Wrong. It just feels wrong. But, then again, to each one's own.
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
I...liked a couple of the poems?
But mostly, I felt like I was having the experience of womanhood mansplained to me for over 250 pages. By a "nice guy" who bemoans the women who go for the bad boy when he's just there ~waiting~ to be such a great guy for them.
Of particular amusement was the poem that was about how shitty technology is--ironic given that Sin rose to fame as a poet on Instagram.
But mostly, I felt like I was having the experience of womanhood mansplained to me for over 250 pages. By a "nice guy" who bemoans the women who go for the bad boy when he's just there ~waiting~ to be such a great guy for them.
Of particular amusement was the poem that was about how shitty technology is--ironic given that Sin rose to fame as a poet on Instagram.