Reviews

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

maddness22's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

What a gothic, spooky start to my spooky reads this year. I didn't care much for the poems focusing on God, but the poems about heartbreak, death, and the seasons were delightfully gothic and well done for the most part. Incredibly slow moving collection though. I almost fell asleep a handful of times. 

bethhaywood's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

3.0

natchosreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Found my absolute Favorite Poems in this one!❤️

c_ristin_a's review against another edition

4.0

When I am dead, my dearest,
Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.
I shall not see the shadows,
I shall not feel the rain;
I shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on, as if in pain:
And dreaming through the twilight
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember,
And haply may forget.

obscuredbyclouds's review

2.0

I liked the main poem, Goblin Market, but I didn't really get anything out of the other ones.

clockworkp's review against another edition

5.0

4.5
Me apetecía una lectura corta y elegí Goblin Market, cuando me doy cuenta es un poema y trae más que ese. Me gustó tanto este tipo de poesía que encontré el libro de las obras completas de la autora y tengo pensado leerlo, esto me pasa raramente, sobretodo con poesía en inglés que me cuesta encontrar la rima.
Goblin Market en específico es una fábula con un mensaje de amor entre hermanas muy poderoso y un ambiente muy marcado. En general me gustaron la mayoría de los poemas, mucho amor y fuerza y melancolía.

annebennett1957's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the named poem, didn't care for most of the others.

cayleigh's review against another edition

I was pleasantly surprised by this and think that Rossetti is a highly underrated poet. Her work had so much range and I personally loved the style of her longer poems. 

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

inspiring reflective relaxing slow-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

cookie_511's review against another edition

3.0

3.5/5. Even though I did give it a 3.5 rating I would say this book was fairly good. Would I recommend to anyone? No. But do I regret reading it? Also no. I felt that some of these poems were very strong and had some meanies, but I didn’t know how much religion I was getting my self into. I myself am definitely interested in other religions but in the way Christina Rossetti portrayed it I felt like it was getting slightly repetitive. Though I really loved the poems she wrote about the spring, her experiences with heartbreak, and the feeling of being forgotten. And for the actual goblin market poem (to no surprise) it was one of my favorites if not my favorite of the collection, but in the end my final decision for the rating of this book still stands at a 3.5/5.