115 reviews for:

Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood

Hollie McNish

4.45 AVERAGE

3wilcotroad's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

circlesofflame's review against another edition

3.0

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I read this by audiobook, which was absolutely fine best way to access this book so you can hear the rhythm and cadence of the narrative and especially the poems included.

However, I just thought this was too long..
Even though there's an element of repetition alluded to within Hollie's experience, the actual content of this book ended up actually being repetitive. If it had been a shorter work, I think it would have been more concentrated and impactful. Regardless, there were some quotable poems in here and at times reminded me of the style of Kae Tempest, which is always a good time and something I admire.

katy_chessum_rice's review against another edition

5.0

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Having heard Hollie perform live as I started to read the book, I could hear her voice in the poems - which are fantastic! Gives a wonderfully fresh and unflinching perspective on pregnancy and motherhood, you go through the highs and lows with her. I recommend that you look up her performances of her poetry on You Tube. Powerful stuff.

beccajakob's review

5.0

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I laughed, I cried, I pondered a lot. Loved it.

literallykristen's review

5.0

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I don't often read books of poetry but this one really got it right.

silkevdb's review

3.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

csdoco's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring

jaclyn_youngblood's review

4.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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It took a minute, but once I got into it, I felt like McNish's descriptions were quite resonant with my experience of first time motherhood. I had some good cries.

mayapike's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

eating_or_reading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced