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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Sweet Halsey, I would leave me if I could, too.
What I didn´t leave was this precious book. Now, I´m not especially keen on poetry, but I always get sucked in whatever Halsey writes in her songs, so I suppose this was a natural fit. Poetry is usually more personal than novels, so I gleefully embraced every bit of Halsey that she was willing to give me. I wonder if I would be able to put this much of me out in the world. Maybe that´s why poetry isn´t common for me.
I hope this is the first collection of poetry she puts out, not the only one. Right there with a new album... pretty please?
What I didn´t leave was this precious book. Now, I´m not especially keen on poetry, but I always get sucked in whatever Halsey writes in her songs, so I suppose this was a natural fit. Poetry is usually more personal than novels, so I gleefully embraced every bit of Halsey that she was willing to give me. I wonder if I would be able to put this much of me out in the world. Maybe that´s why poetry isn´t common for me.
I hope this is the first collection of poetry she puts out, not the only one. Right there with a new album... pretty please?
4.5 if I’m being honest, but since I saw her perform while working through this collection and feeling all that emotion, seemed worth rounding up.
Some of these poems had stagnant sentences that sounded awkward, but as a whole, I enjoyed this collection. It's obvious that Halsey is talented with words, and a lot of these poems I could very easily see as songs/lyrics.
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
An impactful collection of poetry with well developed storytelling and insights into the author’s life. Lyrical and poignant.
“And it was on my first day on Earth that I realized I didn’t measure up, and I never would.”
Picked this out of the poetry section of the library bc I liked the cover. Didn’t realize it was by Halsey until I started reading it. These poems were underdeveloped imo, DNF.
emotional
fast-paced
2.5. Honestly pretty uneven. A few poems were really striking and well-crafted, and I can hear the rhythm in most of them. I respect the fact that there felt like there was a meta narrative in the collection. Giving voice to instances of abuse and assault is also powerful in this text, but my favorite poems were the ones that were notable exceptions to what felt like the through line of the work.
“Everything” stood out in its discussion of poverty and childhood imagination. “The professional” was sad and striking and really restrained in a way that the other poems were not, which I think made it more noteworthy. “Virus” was also a super weird nightmare of a poem that I really enjoyed.
The kind of brutal piece is that I don’t think this book would have been published if Halsey wasn’t Halsey.
“Everything” stood out in its discussion of poverty and childhood imagination. “The professional” was sad and striking and really restrained in a way that the other poems were not, which I think made it more noteworthy. “Virus” was also a super weird nightmare of a poem that I really enjoyed.
The kind of brutal piece is that I don’t think this book would have been published if Halsey wasn’t Halsey.