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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Molto caruccio, ma resto bassa col voto poichè non mi ha colpito poi così tanto
Stay on your path Sylvia Plath
don't fall away like all the others
I like Lana Del Rey's music and songwriting, and even though I don't consider myself a fan of her, when I got the opportunity to read her poetry book, I thought "hell yeah."
I'm so dissapointed.
It's just... it wasn't bad. But it wasn't good, not even close. Poetry is not songwriting but they are much alike, and I have the feeling that Lana wanted to write poetry outside her abilities as songwriter. Aaaaaand it didn't work. I'm sorry, I really think so. The poems were really simple; metaphors were lost or explained -that's not how metaphors work-; there weren't poetic images, just descriptions, and descriptions kill anything but especially a poem.
What I REALLY liked:
1. The Californian influence. It's so important in her music, and it's beautiful to see it again but playing in a different way. I loved how Lana portrayed her love for the Californian cities -'LA Who am I to Love You' is one of my favorite poems-, while showing the not-so-good parts. In this sense, Violet Bent Backwars Over the Grass didn't fail: it showed the contradictions of love, the two faces of that coin not everyone likes to think about.
2. The pictures. I was thinking what makes this poetry books different to others, and the pictures were the answer. They told stories in their own way and they added so much value to the book.
Well, that's it. I don't think I didn't like it. It was a light read I needed SO MUCH and I'm thankful for that, but that's all. It was just a light read.
don't fall away like all the others
I like Lana Del Rey's music and songwriting, and even though I don't consider myself a fan of her, when I got the opportunity to read her poetry book, I thought "hell yeah."
I'm so dissapointed.
It's just... it wasn't bad. But it wasn't good, not even close. Poetry is not songwriting but they are much alike, and I have the feeling that Lana wanted to write poetry outside her abilities as songwriter. Aaaaaand it didn't work. I'm sorry, I really think so. The poems were really simple; metaphors were lost or explained -that's not how metaphors work-; there weren't poetic images, just descriptions, and descriptions kill anything but especially a poem.
What I REALLY liked:
1. The Californian influence. It's so important in her music, and it's beautiful to see it again but playing in a different way. I loved how Lana portrayed her love for the Californian cities -'LA Who am I to Love You' is one of my favorite poems-, while showing the not-so-good parts. In this sense, Violet Bent Backwars Over the Grass didn't fail: it showed the contradictions of love, the two faces of that coin not everyone likes to think about.
2. The pictures. I was thinking what makes this poetry books different to others, and the pictures were the answer. They told stories in their own way and they added so much value to the book.
Well, that's it. I don't think I didn't like it. It was a light read I needed SO MUCH and I'm thankful for that, but that's all. It was just a light read.
So so amazing. The way she sees everything in her life is as much beautiful as it is harmful. This is an incredible look into her brilliant mind. So lovely.
emotional
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Lana is such an amazing poet and songwriter. The images are so aesthetically pleasing to look at.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content
reflective
fast-paced
I have to preface this with the fact I am a huge fan of Lana Del Rey’s music but not a huge fan of poetry, so it makes some sense that this poetry book was not for me, but I also found the poetry to be meandering and directionless (and not in a stylistic way to represent how she feels lost, torn, and directionless — just a poorly-done way). My copy also doesn’t have page numbers which I found incredibly strange.
I liked the second half of the book much better than the first, although I have nothing at all to say about the haikus. Standouts for me were ‘My Bedroom Is a Sacred Place Now – There Are Children at the Foot of My Bed’, ‘Happy’, and ‘Thanks to the Locals’.
reflective
A collection of reflective poetry discussing heartbreak, anxiety, fame, home, and reminders to romanticize your life.
Lana's poetry is like her music in the sense you never know where it's going; sometimes the writing is structured while other times its pure stream of consciousness. Overall, this was an intriguing glimpse into a misunderstood artist's mind and the things that haunt her. It's about finding bits of happiness as the world and our lives falls apart.
With how poetic Lana's songwriting is, I was expecting more from her debut book and found it to be deeply average instead.
Lana's poetry is like her music in the sense you never know where it's going; sometimes the writing is structured while other times its pure stream of consciousness. Overall, this was an intriguing glimpse into a misunderstood artist's mind and the things that haunt her. It's about finding bits of happiness as the world and our lives falls apart.
With how poetic Lana's songwriting is, I was expecting more from her debut book and found it to be deeply average instead.
medium-paced