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Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart

sortofhands's review against another edition

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4.0

“and this vengeful part of me wants to hurt you before you can ever hurt me again.”

i read this in one sitting, thought it was quite beautiful. some of these poems felt deeply personal and v relatable.

paige_oliviaa's review against another edition

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4.0

Nothing about this poetry is particularly groundbreaking or provoking, but that’s part of the beauty that Lili Reinhart can create a collection that is comforting and familiar. These pages don’t beg you to analyze life or pull emotions out of the depth of your soul, but rather tell you, “I’ve been here too.”

clarissakoppel's review against another edition

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5.0

It almost feels otherworldly reading something feeling ad if you had written it. That’s what happened when I read this. As if I was having an out of body experience because Lili expresses all of these things I’ve felt, experienced. Anxiety, sadness, heartbreak and love.

She is not only an amazing human but a great writer and I think she’ll only get better.

No this isn’t Baudelaire - but I didn’t expect it to be and if you are then you’re picking out the wrong book. It’s really like taking a great writer’s thought journal.

sukhneetk's review against another edition

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2.0

Honestly, I didn't get a total kick out of this book. The book deals with the different stages of love and relationship such as love-at-first-sight, cuddling, heart-break, break-up, and etcetera. I, for my part, have never experienced any of these states of emotions. So, this is the reason why I didn't enjoy reading these poems written by gorgeous Lili Reinhart. But I do recommend all the love-birds out there to read this book.

abbbymyles's review against another edition

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emotional reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.0

nahnahnancy's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

2.0

beastlybrooke's review against another edition

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hopeful relaxing fast-paced

2.0

claireleg's review against another edition

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fast-paced

2.75

katyw622's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

delanne's review against another edition

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2.0

Started out strong for me, then just kinda tapered off. Poetry is, of course, subjective; however, I found that narrow subject focus became repetitive for me (maybe I should have spaced out my reading of the poems more?). Personally, I'd have enjoyed it more if the best of the subject had been included and a new subject introduced (not necessarily focused on romantic relationships), or the best chosen and the collection have been shorter.