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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Of all the wrongs you committed, the worst was keeping me from the beauty in anything that wasn't you.
I really like Halsey; her beautiful songs and sparkling, fighting personality made me a fan since long ago, so I was very excited to read this book and learn a little more about how her brain works and what pieces make her soul. These pieces are incredibly intimate confessions, and you can see glimpses of Halsey's mastery in songwriting in the gorgeous one-liners that sharply puncture your heart. Wistfully, these verses were maybe too personal for me to enjoy, like watching from the sidelines something I wanted to feel, and I'd hardly call them poetry. There were some beautiful lines, that's certain, but I mostly found random rhythmic words and statements that would have worked better in an essay. This is often my problem with modern poetry -so if you usually enjoy them you should enjoy Halsey's as well.
Overall, a disappointing but intimate lecture that, for me, doesn't hold a candle to Halsey's songs.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
I’m giving this 4stars because there were some beautiful poems in this collection and I want to focus on those.
It’s not the best collection of poems and it feels like a first draft but it’s brave of Halsey to share this with her fans. You can see the potential she has as a writer and it shows in poems like ‘fun girl’. I think this book was 50/50. 50% good poems, 50% mediocre poems but for me the 50% good poems dominates my feelings about this book.
It’s not the best collection of poems and it feels like a first draft but it’s brave of Halsey to share this with her fans. You can see the potential she has as a writer and it shows in poems like ‘fun girl’. I think this book was 50/50. 50% good poems, 50% mediocre poems but for me the 50% good poems dominates my feelings about this book.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I love Halsey. And once I realized that she wrote a book I had to read it.
I’m not sure this is really even a full 3 stars for me?
I didn’t hate it. There are some great lines and wonderful rhyme schemes (obviously…the woman is a musician). I think in this collection, the poetry that leans more toward prose really shines. Where there’s space to develop more, it just works better here.
Much of this felt very elementary, though. I guess maybe I just expected/hoped for more? I’d love to see something like this from her just…more refined (which part of me wants to say: that is her music, but I don’t know, a lot of this reads like diary entries that were meant to be developed further but never were).
There are some standouts. Most of it, though, is just…alright.
I didn’t hate it. There are some great lines and wonderful rhyme schemes (obviously…the woman is a musician). I think in this collection, the poetry that leans more toward prose really shines. Where there’s space to develop more, it just works better here.
Much of this felt very elementary, though. I guess maybe I just expected/hoped for more? I’d love to see something like this from her just…more refined (which part of me wants to say: that is her music, but I don’t know, a lot of this reads like diary entries that were meant to be developed further but never were).
There are some standouts. Most of it, though, is just…alright.
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse