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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
Listening to this on audio definitely changed the experience completely! I had tried reading this poetry collection physically when it first came out a few years ago and it just didn't vibe with me. The author narrates it and I think that it made everything flow a lot better, since she knows exactly what rhythm she wanted for it. Some of the poems hit me deep and a few just fell flat, but I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this little series on audio!
Thank you to Andrews McMeel Audio, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.
Thank you to Andrews McMeel Audio, Andrews McMeel Publishing, and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.
Let's get this out of the way: I have no background in poetry and I don't read poetry often (something I would like to change). So my criticisms are based on just how I subjectively interpreted them and "how they made me feel"
I was between 3 and 4 stars on this one because I genuinely really love the work and message that lovelace communicates in her work. These would be the books I would have given my younger self when I was a teenager and navigating my relationship with myself, my body, my sexuality, and my relationships. I ultimately decided on 3 stars because of the lack of story arc and progression in comparison to her previous series. Additionally, many of the poems at the beginning of the book fell flat for me and I am not sure if it is because I don't have experiences that line up with those themes or because they just didn't deliver those poignant one liners I have become accustomed to when reading her work.
I was between 3 and 4 stars on this one because I genuinely really love the work and message that lovelace communicates in her work. These would be the books I would have given my younger self when I was a teenager and navigating my relationship with myself, my body, my sexuality, and my relationships. I ultimately decided on 3 stars because of the lack of story arc and progression in comparison to her previous series. Additionally, many of the poems at the beginning of the book fell flat for me and I am not sure if it is because I don't have experiences that line up with those themes or because they just didn't deliver those poignant one liners I have become accustomed to when reading her work.
God I forget how much I love her writing and how much her words both hit close to home and inspire me. I had a really bad night and I think this book is just what I needed xx.
This collection is so relatable. Younger Ashley would have felt the same struggles as the princess, but current Ashley is definitely pulling the fairy godmother vibes.
Yes.
I have never connected to a poetry book as much as I have this one.
This needs to be given to every teen and twenty something.
I have never connected to a poetry book as much as I have this one.
This needs to be given to every teen and twenty something.
Break Your Glass Slippers, by Amanda Lovelace (.5/5)
Lovelace seems to be stuck on 2016 white feminism, and it is really annoying. The book isn't very cohesive, doesn't have much to add, and keeps repeating itself. Out of the books I've read by Lovelace, this is the one that feels the least like poetry: no rhymes, no metaphors, no imagery. Just...the same old, but worse. Also, not really the point, but the book is ugly. The cover is a terrible beige, for some reason, and the blue illustrations really didn't fit in (and this is not an attack on beige, that’s one of my favorite colors).
All in all, it feels like Lovelace has found an easy, lucrative way to make money, and she doesn't plan on stopping it. She has never been a genius, but her earlier works seemed to have more care put into it. Not high poetry, but at least she tried to be a bit more than an Instagram post arranged like a poem. Now, it has gone stale and boring. The gimmick has gotten old. But people are still paying, so who is she to stop?
Lovelace seems to be stuck on 2016 white feminism, and it is really annoying. The book isn't very cohesive, doesn't have much to add, and keeps repeating itself. Out of the books I've read by Lovelace, this is the one that feels the least like poetry: no rhymes, no metaphors, no imagery. Just...the same old, but worse. Also, not really the point, but the book is ugly. The cover is a terrible beige, for some reason, and the blue illustrations really didn't fit in (and this is not an attack on beige, that’s one of my favorite colors).
All in all, it feels like Lovelace has found an easy, lucrative way to make money, and she doesn't plan on stopping it. She has never been a genius, but her earlier works seemed to have more care put into it. Not high poetry, but at least she tried to be a bit more than an Instagram post arranged like a poem. Now, it has gone stale and boring. The gimmick has gotten old. But people are still paying, so who is she to stop?