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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I'd say even though it is still the same tips fedora as his other works that I've read, maybe reading it when feeling emotional is the key.
All I'm saying, most of the stuff in here are not poetry. Only about 10% (maybe less) feels like poetry.
However, if you're feeling down, have no one to talk to, you may open up a page or two and feel something.
Normally we would read to feel something. But for Sin's books, you feel something, then you read his books.
I was in a dark place when I read this one and I must say some actually resonated with me. It's still not poem but at least I felt something when I read to carry on . I'll give him credit for that.
All I'm saying, most of the stuff in here are not poetry. Only about 10% (maybe less) feels like poetry.
However, if you're feeling down, have no one to talk to, you may open up a page or two and feel something.
Normally we would read to feel something. But for Sin's books, you feel something, then you read his books.
I was in a dark place when I read this one and I must say some actually resonated with me. It's still not poem but at least I felt something when I read to carry on . I'll give him credit for that.
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
This is just plain bulllshit and the most pretensive-ass poetry I have ever read in my entire life.
I have never laid my eyes on something so cringey.
I can't believe this guy has an entire series published and is actually selling so well.
It's like an direct extract from this overtly modern feminism "independent I don't need no man I am powerful and I am my own superhero and I deserve the best and only the best fuck all the fuckboys and settling for less I deserve the BEST fUck modern concept of love I will pursue true LOVE" bs from Tumblr and Instagram.
I don't know why this guy is published, not one, not two, not three, but AN ENTIRE SERIES.
Oh god
I cannot
My sister and I just sat at the bookstore at the poetry section and sniggering and laughing at this guy's works.
Horrible. Really horrible.
I have never laid my eyes on something so cringey.
I can't believe this guy has an entire series published and is actually selling so well.
It's like an direct extract from this overtly modern feminism "independent I don't need no man I am powerful and I am my own superhero and I deserve the best and only the best fuck all the fuckboys and settling for less I deserve the BEST fUck modern concept of love I will pursue true LOVE" bs from Tumblr and Instagram.
I don't know why this guy is published, not one, not two, not three, but AN ENTIRE SERIES.
Oh god
I cannot
My sister and I just sat at the bookstore at the poetry section and sniggering and laughing at this guy's works.
Horrible. Really horrible.
I’m trying so hard to respect instapoetry as a form of novel, demotic art, some kind of successor to Dada even, if I can’t respect it on the terms I respect other poetry. I can’t. I feel bad, sure, but I don’t feel wrong. These especially are just such nothing poems–breakup text, Hallmark card, Facebook meme, r/im14andthisisdeep type of stuff. For the most part they boil down to: r. h. Sin likes women and thinks he’s God’s gift thereto, couched in the most basic, obvious terms. Okay. Sure. Please go deeper–try a different topic–give me something, come on.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
more like 3.5 . . .
some of these poems stood out like a slap in the face, in the very best way. others were okay, but felt repetitive. I do like that this wasn't just a collection of 'girls guard your heart' but some of the poems were directed towards the men who use women in ways that maybe they don't realize (yes, this sounds ridiculous, but the problem of generational behaviors is noted and men who either think it is acceptable to behave like this because this is how they were raised, or use it as an excuse, are called out). then there are the poems that are basically, hey, you're gonna be okay-themed - some of these are great, others are just okay. this is a good collection to validate one's self-worth in general, especially one who is dealing with a romantic break-up and has a habit of staying too long with someone who is abusive or neglectful, or just plain wrong.
I see that some readers took issue with the length of the poems - personally, I found some of the most powerful the most brief. the language used in some is very direct and adult, so while a reader might get comfortable with the reassuring tone, be aware that brutality lurks, just like it does in real life.
some of these poems stood out like a slap in the face, in the very best way. others were okay, but felt repetitive. I do like that this wasn't just a collection of 'girls guard your heart' but some of the poems were directed towards the men who use women in ways that maybe they don't realize (yes, this sounds ridiculous, but the problem of generational behaviors is noted and men who either think it is acceptable to behave like this because this is how they were raised, or use it as an excuse, are called out). then there are the poems that are basically, hey, you're gonna be okay-themed - some of these are great, others are just okay. this is a good collection to validate one's self-worth in general, especially one who is dealing with a romantic break-up and has a habit of staying too long with someone who is abusive or neglectful, or just plain wrong.
I see that some readers took issue with the length of the poems - personally, I found some of the most powerful the most brief. the language used in some is very direct and adult, so while a reader might get comfortable with the reassuring tone, be aware that brutality lurks, just like it does in real life.
I am in a good place in my relationship but I felt empowered that if it ends I am confident I would survive it when I read this book. I have never heard of r.h. Sin before I read this collection of poems… I will buy all his works from now on. And I want the physical ones. They need to be on my shelf. A greater number of the poems in this book are for broken hearts. Even so, some of them can be connected with life in general.Can you please place your trust in me and get a copy of this book? You will enjoy consuming every word in each poem. Just do it.
Kinda had some problems with this collection. Some of the poems were fine, some were pretty dang good, and both of those camps were primarily poetry dealing with personal topics. The problematic poetry dealt with the topic of women being mistreated/being in abusive relationships and the like. I think that exploring that topic would be fine for a male author to do, possibly in one or two poems, but considering that a good third of the book is dealing with that topic made me feel like Sin was telling women how to live their lives in a way that I wasn't really comfortable with. It was like he was trying to tell women to be empowered and not be in bad relationships, and while I agree with the idea that women shouldn't bow down to negative situations like that, the idea of a man getting up on a literary pedestal and saying it over and over (in a way that was pretty tiresomely repetitive) really didn't work for me. Especially since he does quite a bit of self-congratulating as well, suggesting how great a guy HE is. I just think maybe he's the wrong voice to be expressing this idea.