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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
There were a couple of pages and sentences that got me but, overall, the book didn't leave the impact that I'd expected. In all honesty, I thought the pictures delivered more meaning than the words. They're beautiful.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
I marked this book as “want to read” back in 2016 when this kind of poetry was trending. I remember seeing one of the quotes for this book on the explore page on ig and was like “wow THIS is poetry”
Boy oh boy was I wrong. I don’t want to be that person and bash on what people like so PERSONALLY I don’t think I like this specific type of poetry.
Majority fell short to me. Like ok so what?
Sure there was good ones but it felt mediocre to me. I like poetry that makes me feel everything, the type that i feel like the author read my mind and that makes me cry
Maybe this is meant to be read one by one and not all in one sitting?
Boy oh boy was I wrong. I don’t want to be that person and bash on what people like so PERSONALLY I don’t think I like this specific type of poetry.
Majority fell short to me. Like ok so what?
Sure there was good ones but it felt mediocre to me. I like poetry that makes me feel everything, the type that i feel like the author read my mind and that makes me cry
Maybe this is meant to be read one by one and not all in one sitting?
Having had some time to think about this, I feel like this style of poems/quotes works better and has greater impact when each is viewed alone. If you read one quoted somewhere online, then it can seem quite deep and profound and steeped in beautiful truth. But when you sit and read through pages and pages of the same, it feels cheesy and contrived. At least, it does to me.
Imagine you're on a date and the other person says you're beautiful (or the equivalent). At first, that seems really nice and you probably get all warm and tingly inside. But if they don't stop, if they continue on and on by saying: "You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen. Your eyes are like the deepest ocean. Your hair is like liquid chocolate." I mean, pass me the bucket. Also, I no longer believe a single word they say.
That's kinda how these books of poetry make me feel.
I would have liked this much more during my teenage emo phase. Nowadays, it seems cliche and extremely emotionally manipulative. And emotionally manipulative books are those that leave me feeling most emotionless of all. It's slightly better written, but I would recommend this for fans of the modern tumblr quote-style poetry - think [a:Lang Leav|7012565|Lang Leav|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1386062549p2/7012565.jpg], [a:Rupi Kaur|8075577|Rupi Kaur|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1444103068p2/8075577.jpg] and/or [a:Amanda Lovelace|15225448|Amanda Lovelace|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1492212597p2/15225448.jpg].
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Imagine you're on a date and the other person says you're beautiful (or the equivalent). At first, that seems really nice and you probably get all warm and tingly inside. But if they don't stop, if they continue on and on by saying: "You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen. Your eyes are like the deepest ocean. Your hair is like liquid chocolate." I mean, pass me the bucket. Also, I no longer believe a single word they say.
That's kinda how these books of poetry make me feel.
I would have liked this much more during my teenage emo phase. Nowadays, it seems cliche and extremely emotionally manipulative. And emotionally manipulative books are those that leave me feeling most emotionless of all. It's slightly better written, but I would recommend this for fans of the modern tumblr quote-style poetry - think [a:Lang Leav|7012565|Lang Leav|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1386062549p2/7012565.jpg], [a:Rupi Kaur|8075577|Rupi Kaur|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1444103068p2/8075577.jpg] and/or [a:Amanda Lovelace|15225448|Amanda Lovelace|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1492212597p2/15225448.jpg].
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Not a bad book, but I find that as I get older, cliché one-liners don’t impress me so much. Very simple book, and I felt like it was one that has been done many time. I do love the title though :)
I loved this. It felt like I got punched in the heart by some of the passages, but it's very raw and very real and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Simple, Artistic, Relatable
The fact that this book is artistic and beautiful but still simple enough to be relatable is what made me really enjoy it.
The fact that this book is artistic and beautiful but still simple enough to be relatable is what made me really enjoy it.
I don't usually write reviews for book that I've read, but this book honestly has something for everyone, no matter what they are feeling at that moment of time. I can honestly go back to this book time and time and again, and every time I feel that I have taken something deferent away from it, either from the words or from the photographs. Reading this book brought my thoughts into words that I couldn't find myself, multiple times, each time I've read this book the words have meant something different, no matter how I feel, this book has always left me feeling positive. I would 100% recommend this book to everyone, it's not very long, about 500 pages on my phone, but it makes a quick, uplifting read which; words can't even describe how well this book is written, speaks to every person on a different level. 5*