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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Never ceases to amaze me.
“Wish that I were manic all the time.
Think I like me better
When I’m all outside the lines.”
Honestly so so so good.
“Wish that I were manic all the time.
Think I like me better
When I’m all outside the lines.”
Honestly so so so good.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Love!!! Beautifully written. Deeply feeling. Couldn’t put it down.
fast-paced
reread. i love halsey but i think a lot of these just work better as songs and are hard to read as poetry because they rhyme so much. love the content though
Some poems were beautifully and cleverly written which were wonderful to read. Some were just okay. Some probably could have been cut out.
Overall it was a good book of poems that felt relatable and interesting.
Overall it was a good book of poems that felt relatable and interesting.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Some beautiful poems, but overall too sexual, too graphic, and sometimes too simple. The sexual abuse references were just too much for me.
EDIT:
Other reviews said "vulgar" and "violently harsh" and those feel like accurate descriptions. Also incredibly raw and human.
Also unfotunately I do kinda agree with this quote from another reviewer: "It just didn't always push past feeling like a high school notebook and into a really credible book of poetry, which is a shame because the potential and thought was all there."
EDIT:
Other reviews said "vulgar" and "violently harsh" and those feel like accurate descriptions. Also incredibly raw and human.
Also unfotunately I do kinda agree with this quote from another reviewer: "It just didn't always push past feeling like a high school notebook and into a really credible book of poetry, which is a shame because the potential and thought was all there."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault
Some of the poems really intrigued me.
Others I just didn’t care for.
Others I just didn’t care for.
3.5/5
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“All these
Wonderful aching shaking nerves
Heart like it’s about to burst
The truth is you were first.”
“I love the sun for shining on your skin,
I love the wind for blowing through your hair,
I love the coffee for staining your teeth
and warming your palms in the morning.
I would protect you till the end of time.”
“I can’t remember
what it’s like to smell the ocean.
I can’t remember
what it’s like to feel the sea.”
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I will start this by saying that I love Halsey with all my heart, and I’ve been a fan of hers a day before she released room 93. I tried to not be bias with my review, but I feel like that would be impossible so here are some of my thoughts:
I enjoyed and appreciated so many of these poems, but I feel that the book as a whole could have been *incredible* with either the omission or the elongation of a few poems...(also I think It can be ~vulgar~ at times but you didn’t hear it from me luv xxxx)
However, I cannot begin to pride Ashley on how vulnerable and brave this book is. It really is so raw and full to the brim with honesty and emotion. I read the book and listened to it and I would *highly* recommend listening to the book, as it flows so smoothly and you can feel every bit of emotion that she put into her writing. I remember a few years ago, when I listened to “a story like mine” I cried and cried and cried and thought; I cannot believe how she was able to go through so much and share it with the world, when it is such a traumatic thing to endure (let alone speak out loud to millions), but I was so grateful to have someone like her speak her mind and tell her stories. I really do think that Ashley’s writing is incredible, I just would have loved if the book was published a little later on so that it would have been closer to perfect rather than a lot of its pages feeling weak. But I really did enjoy this read so much, and I wholeheartedly believe that she is an incredible writer
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“All these
Wonderful aching shaking nerves
Heart like it’s about to burst
The truth is you were first.”
“I love the sun for shining on your skin,
I love the wind for blowing through your hair,
I love the coffee for staining your teeth
and warming your palms in the morning.
I would protect you till the end of time.”
“I can’t remember
what it’s like to smell the ocean.
I can’t remember
what it’s like to feel the sea.”
-
I will start this by saying that I love Halsey with all my heart, and I’ve been a fan of hers a day before she released room 93. I tried to not be bias with my review, but I feel like that would be impossible so here are some of my thoughts:
I enjoyed and appreciated so many of these poems, but I feel that the book as a whole could have been *incredible* with either the omission or the elongation of a few poems...(also I think It can be ~vulgar~ at times but you didn’t hear it from me luv xxxx)
However, I cannot begin to pride Ashley on how vulnerable and brave this book is. It really is so raw and full to the brim with honesty and emotion. I read the book and listened to it and I would *highly* recommend listening to the book, as it flows so smoothly and you can feel every bit of emotion that she put into her writing. I remember a few years ago, when I listened to “a story like mine” I cried and cried and cried and thought; I cannot believe how she was able to go through so much and share it with the world, when it is such a traumatic thing to endure (let alone speak out loud to millions), but I was so grateful to have someone like her speak her mind and tell her stories. I really do think that Ashley’s writing is incredible, I just would have loved if the book was published a little later on so that it would have been closer to perfect rather than a lot of its pages feeling weak. But I really did enjoy this read so much, and I wholeheartedly believe that she is an incredible writer
medium-paced