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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
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emotional
inspiring
reflective
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fast-paced
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
So much depth in the topics covered. There were a few poems that I think could have been combined into some larger poems but the language used was good and diverse.
emotional
reflective
Decided to go back and write reviews for the books I’ve read this year.
As a huge fan of Halsey, I was very excited to learn she was putting out a book of poetry. I received it for Christmas in 2020, and read through it several times.
There were some amazing poems, and some I found a little iffy. But overall, I loved the poems. I’m glad to have it on my shelf to go back to.
As a huge fan of Halsey, I was very excited to learn she was putting out a book of poetry. I received it for Christmas in 2020, and read through it several times.
There were some amazing poems, and some I found a little iffy. But overall, I loved the poems. I’m glad to have it on my shelf to go back to.
Before I go into my short review, I would like to add the disclaimer that I am recently aware of Halsey's disturbing history of kissing (tons of) underage fans on the lips when they (Halsey) were younger (but still an adult). I also know that they are now getting involved with NFTs (educate yourself on how they're horrible for the environment and also basically a shitty pyramid scheme) and that also sucks. I know everyone has haters, but some things can't be ignored. I do enjoy their music and when my library acquired their book I reserved it and read it with this history in mind.
Some TWs for both the book and this review: Sexual assault, miscarriage, abuse, drugs)
I am fairly critical of poetry books; I don't really like freeform poems and especially after I read Milk and Honey I've had a bad taste in my mouth about contemporary poetry. It's hard for me to not think of it as tryhard or nonsense (maybe it's just not for me). A lot of it just reads like forgotten Tumblr posts. I'm a bit more forgiving when a songwriter writes poetry I guess because the poems could pass for song lyrics. Some of the poems have earned my usual complaints, but I still enjoyed about half of these. I appreciated the structure, content, and even the context that some of them gave to articles written about Halsey that I've admittedly clicked on and believed at face value. I really really liked the poems 'Laundromat' (p. 75) and 'A Story Like Mine' (p. 106).
Halsey covers some subjects that are relevant to their life and experiences; some very sensitive, such as the time they suffered a miscarriage and then had to perform that night, or the time they accompanied a friend who had been sexually assaulted to Planned Parenthood. If this was a good outlet for them to express that then that's the only reason they needed to publish this. I am going to take a break from reading music artists' books for a little while though, at least until Michelle Zauner's memoir comes out next month :)
Some TWs for both the book and this review: Sexual assault, miscarriage, abuse, drugs)
I am fairly critical of poetry books; I don't really like freeform poems and especially after I read Milk and Honey I've had a bad taste in my mouth about contemporary poetry. It's hard for me to not think of it as tryhard or nonsense (maybe it's just not for me). A lot of it just reads like forgotten Tumblr posts. I'm a bit more forgiving when a songwriter writes poetry I guess because the poems could pass for song lyrics. Some of the poems have earned my usual complaints, but I still enjoyed about half of these. I appreciated the structure, content, and even the context that some of them gave to articles written about Halsey that I've admittedly clicked on and believed at face value. I really really liked the poems 'Laundromat' (p. 75) and 'A Story Like Mine' (p. 106).
Halsey covers some subjects that are relevant to their life and experiences; some very sensitive, such as the time they suffered a miscarriage and then had to perform that night, or the time they accompanied a friend who had been sexually assaulted to Planned Parenthood. If this was a good outlet for them to express that then that's the only reason they needed to publish this. I am going to take a break from reading music artists' books for a little while though, at least until Michelle Zauner's memoir comes out next month :)
It's a little dry, and it reads more like a bullet journal entry than poetry. In the middle, I was a little bored. Her writing left me feeling unsatisfied.
This was a quick, in-between, read for me. I have always adored Halsey and her music and her art and now, her poetry book.
To be blunt with you, it was some simple-written poems really but it was beautiful nevertheless. Halsey is a really good songwriter so it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that her poetry would come off beautiful despite it’s simplicity. Every poetry is beautiful. Every poetry feels personal. And I feel like this one truly is a personal one to her.
If she somehow came up with another collection of poetry book, I’d definitely read it. Anyway, stream her songs everywhere peeps
To be blunt with you, it was some simple-written poems really but it was beautiful nevertheless. Halsey is a really good songwriter so it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that her poetry would come off beautiful despite it’s simplicity. Every poetry is beautiful. Every poetry feels personal. And I feel like this one truly is a personal one to her.
If she somehow came up with another collection of poetry book, I’d definitely read it. Anyway, stream her songs everywhere peeps