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I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey

22 reviews

grimmdark's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense

love u so much ash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

naviation's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

2.5

There are a handful of beautiful poems there, yes. But most of them read like song lyrics. Halsey is definitely an amazing songwriter and maybe it was just a hit and a miss this time. It feels like an unedited version- wasted potential, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

hmknerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Abortion and Blood

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Halsey’s poetry is wonderfully vivid and ugly. It doesn’t shy from horrible truths at all. This is also why I love them as a music artist, her words are powerful and spellbinding. It translates to the written word just as well.

The reason that it’s not 5 stars is that some of it felt unedited. Also, there was 1 line that was biphobic that kinda shocked me. I know Halsey is bi themself, but still, it felt unnecessary to what I felt the poem was trying to say; commenting on toxic masculinity and relationships with men within the patriarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia

cosycourtney's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Despite note being an avid reader of poetry I really enjoyed this book. As a Halsey fan it added a lot of insight into her life and music and made me feel like I was getting a special preview. I enjoyed the words and I resonated with some of the poems. Some felt confusing and missed the mark but it was still interesting to read about such experiences. Some of my stand out poems were Wish You The Best, The Tourist, Onanism, Eight, The Painter, Antagonist, Fun Girl (I think my favourite) and A Story Like Mine (search her performing this at the womens march, I cry every time). I think this book would be great to return to as life goes on and see whether I read anything differently. I would recommend this for fans of Halsey and poetry lovers but please consider trigger warnings before reading as there are very dark themes discussed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

cortnereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t know what to expect besides… poems but I really loved this collection and I adore Halsey even more. There were some intense moments but worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

annabelle42688's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was very emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

shewantsthediction's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

Disclaimer: I'm only a casual Halsey listener and like a few of her songs. Most of these were pretty bad and amateurish, but I think that's to be expected from a poetry collection by a celebrity. A handful were really good, though, and offered some insight into her life that was both moving and very sad. (She has a lot of trauma in her past: rape, abusive relationships, etc.) Her writing has that "lost teenager in love with the wrong people" vibe about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

thoroughlyenjoyedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

tdubs57's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse