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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Changing With The Tides is very relatable. I like how the author wrote about embracing the bad days and giving yourself permission to feel sad and anxious. She also shows herself pushing past insecurities and people who brought her down. Sometimes life is a mix of both. Let yourself have a grey day and then give yourself the strength to move on.
I tried so hard trying to like this book but I failed.
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
To keep with the ocean aesthetic (and because this is just what I envision when I think of the book as a whole), I have the image of waves.
They can be fierce and harmful or soft and soothing. I think it’s a good representation of the internal struggles of dealing with heartbreak and deciding to love yourself instead. I love the theme of self-love and, while I normally prefer more complex or layered poetry, I enjoyed the simpler style Shelby used in this context. Her style, the imagery, and the aesthetic of the ocean all flow together nicely. Shelby also makes excellent points about self-doubt, self-love, insecurity, and anxiety that I really relate to as someone who has been diagnosed with anxiety (and who struggles with self-esteem).
Changing with the tides is a beautiful, powerful book - and a perfect introduction for people looking to get into reading poetry! It has a more simplistic style that’s easy to understand and also contains an emotional element that can connect with readers.
They can be fierce and harmful or soft and soothing. I think it’s a good representation of the internal struggles of dealing with heartbreak and deciding to love yourself instead. I love the theme of self-love and, while I normally prefer more complex or layered poetry, I enjoyed the simpler style Shelby used in this context. Her style, the imagery, and the aesthetic of the ocean all flow together nicely. Shelby also makes excellent points about self-doubt, self-love, insecurity, and anxiety that I really relate to as someone who has been diagnosed with anxiety (and who struggles with self-esteem).
Changing with the tides is a beautiful, powerful book - and a perfect introduction for people looking to get into reading poetry! It has a more simplistic style that’s easy to understand and also contains an emotional element that can connect with readers.
Some of my favs:
to the person i am today: i promise i will start loving you again.
i just need to remember how it feels to be proud of you, to look in the mirror and be in awe of you.
i just need to remember what it was like before i told you
you weren't good enough.
i buried you alive, piling
doubt and loathing
onto your body like soil,
so only i can bring you back to life.
(and i will. i promise.)
she lowered her arms, dropping her
shield to the floor with a crash
i forgive you, she whispered.
————————————
to writing:
you strengthen me
even when i am
telling the story of someone
who weakened me.
i wrote through the pain until
ran dry and
finally i saw happiness
on the other side.
(writing heals me.)
———————————
one morning
you will open your eyes
and know it will be a good day
without having prayed for it
the night before.
———————————
i am a ghost
haunting my own home,
swallowing the dust
on old photo frames and books
just to get a taste of who i once was.
although broken,
the mirror i used to look into
hangs crooked on the walls
and i remember all the hours
i spent picking myself apart.
for old times' sake, i stand in front of the mirror one last time and see nothing.
invisible like i had always wanted.
but now, i wish i could see
my soft blue eyes that i always thought
were too light,
my hair that was too thick,
my smile that was too wide.
i wish i could see all the
flaws i used to hate
so i could show them love.
to the person i am today: i promise i will start loving you again.
i just need to remember how it feels to be proud of you, to look in the mirror and be in awe of you.
i just need to remember what it was like before i told you
you weren't good enough.
i buried you alive, piling
doubt and loathing
onto your body like soil,
so only i can bring you back to life.
(and i will. i promise.)
she lowered her arms, dropping her
shield to the floor with a crash
i forgive you, she whispered.
————————————
to writing:
you strengthen me
even when i am
telling the story of someone
who weakened me.
i wrote through the pain until
ran dry and
finally i saw happiness
on the other side.
(writing heals me.)
———————————
one morning
you will open your eyes
and know it will be a good day
without having prayed for it
the night before.
———————————
i am a ghost
haunting my own home,
swallowing the dust
on old photo frames and books
just to get a taste of who i once was.
although broken,
the mirror i used to look into
hangs crooked on the walls
and i remember all the hours
i spent picking myself apart.
for old times' sake, i stand in front of the mirror one last time and see nothing.
invisible like i had always wanted.
but now, i wish i could see
my soft blue eyes that i always thought
were too light,
my hair that was too thick,
my smile that was too wide.
i wish i could see all the
flaws i used to hate
so i could show them love.
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
3.5 Stars but I had to round up because you can just hear the way the author grew and I really really love that.
Some of the imagery is incredibely pretty but some also falls a bit flat - not because it's bad necessarily but because it feels like something I might have read tons of times before
Some of the imagery is incredibely pretty but some also falls a bit flat - not because it's bad necessarily but because it feels like something I might have read tons of times before
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced