Reviews

John Keats: The Major Works by John Keats

erishti's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

3.5

I feel like I would've gotten more from the poetry if I had read it instead of listened to it, but a lot of the poems were really good! Im also not sure if this is the exact audibook I listened to but oh well. I feel like John Kears has this amazing way of making things so average feel so important and natural and wholesome. In some of the poems you get the vibe that he's a little horny, but honestly the more you think about it he was trying to show people that sex and love involve so much more than just carnal desires. One of the poems, La Belle Dame sans Merci, was a little hard for me to follow and I feel like I lost the plot. However, included in this collection was also Isabella, or The Pot of Basil, which was so moving it almost brought me to tears "Oh, misery!"

emcatbee's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Keats' poetry is so beautiful! I enjoyed reading some of his longer poems too.

scorpioangel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

annataeko's review against another edition

4.0

I forgot I had yet to review this read!

First off, if you're here because you've recently watched Bright Star (starring Ben Wishaw), you've come to the right place. This is a good option for you to read all the poems mentioned in the film.

Having said that, this selection of poems wisely chosen by Andrew Motion shares common themes and similar moods. Hence, I thought of mentioning some of them to you, in case you feel like reading something which matches your current mood. Melancholy is one of the most prominent themes and most palpable ones in Keats's poems. Along with melancholy, there is also the sense of loss. Now that the 14th of February approaches, the theme of mutual love is very recurrent as well.

Something I enjoy doing when reading poetry is drawing – doodling, rather – on the margins of the verses about what the poem is symbolically picturing in my mind at that precise moment – if it happens to be something vivid and clear. This selection of poems fulfilled my imagination enormously and the fact that I have drawn many doodlings throughout this selection, it speaks for its own. Personally, the good thing about this man is not that he was extremely talented in what he did, but that you almost feel like you're part of his poems; and if not, you end up feeling that you are actually part of them, of what he expresses in them. Look, highly recommended.

Happy reading, x

theteamsreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

dianadawn's review against another edition

4.0

I forgot I had yet to review this read!

First off, if you're here because you've recently watched Bright Star (starring Ben Wishaw), you've come to the right place. This is a good option for you to read all the poems mentioned in the film.

Having said that, this selection of poems wisely chosen by Andrew Motion shares common themes and similar moods. Hence, I thought of mentioning some of them to you, in case you feel like reading something which matches your current mood. Melancholy is one of the most prominent themes and most palpable ones in Keats's poems. Along with melancholy, there is also the sense of loss. Now that the 14th of February approaches, the theme of mutual love is very recurrent as well.

Something I enjoy doing when reading poetry is drawing – doodling, rather – on the margins of the verses about what the poem is symbolically picturing in my mind at that precise moment – if it happens to be something vivid and clear. This selection of poems fulfilled my imagination enormously and the fact that I have drawn many doodlings throughout this selection, it speaks for its own. Personally, the good thing about this man is not that he was extremely talented in what he did, but that you almost feel like you're part of his poems; and if not, you end up feeling that you are actually part of them, of what he expresses in them. Look, highly recommended.

Happy reading, x