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ngfsorensen's review against another edition
2.0
Best read in a single sitting. For someone going through the “situationship” Kapoor describes, this could be cathartic. The poems themselves feel very high school.
helenaevve's review against another edition
4.0
Release date: February 5th, 2019.
This book of poems is a beautifully written collection of the thoughts and feelings about (young) love in the digital age.
Dating, and practically every aspect in relationships has changed completely in not even a decade, and Komal Kapoor reflects perfectly what falling in and out on love in our decade has become. I think it reflects both on the positive and negative things of having your bae at arm's reach on the Internet, and it also beautifully describes the moments spent together in real life.
Kapoor also makes a fantastic statement all through the second part of the book, where she focuses on the importance of moving on, focusing on ourselves, on our well-being and our own happiness.
''Unfollowing you'' is both an artistic and warning tale about the beauties and dangers of dating in the Instagram era. I look forward to reading more from her.
ARC received by NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.
This book of poems is a beautifully written collection of the thoughts and feelings about (young) love in the digital age.
Dating, and practically every aspect in relationships has changed completely in not even a decade, and Komal Kapoor reflects perfectly what falling in and out on love in our decade has become. I think it reflects both on the positive and negative things of having your bae at arm's reach on the Internet, and it also beautifully describes the moments spent together in real life.
Kapoor also makes a fantastic statement all through the second part of the book, where she focuses on the importance of moving on, focusing on ourselves, on our well-being and our own happiness.
''Unfollowing you'' is both an artistic and warning tale about the beauties and dangers of dating in the Instagram era. I look forward to reading more from her.
ARC received by NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.
book_luvr94's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this collection of poetry! I felt like the poet did a good job of displaying the path love takes in our society. In today’s society, when a relationship takes a turn it ends with unfollowing on social media. The message behind the poetry collection was that once you move on from someone you can finally unfollow them. I loved it!
nexttoabook's review against another edition
3.0
This is a copy provided by the author and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to them!
I was immediately interested in the cover, which translates an unusual collection of poems, as well as the premise, which corroborated with a new perspective of the poetic universe in a digital era. Here is the obstacle: the content is the same as many other poems that I had read, lacking the identity that will not be made, solely, with the design of the book, but with the content that lacks!
Happy readings,
Next to a Book.
I was immediately interested in the cover, which translates an unusual collection of poems, as well as the premise, which corroborated with a new perspective of the poetic universe in a digital era. Here is the obstacle: the content is the same as many other poems that I had read, lacking the identity that will not be made, solely, with the design of the book, but with the content that lacks!
Happy readings,
Next to a Book.
embay15's review against another edition
1.0
I wish I loved this book like the world love Beyoncé.
But I didn’t.
It was awful.
But I didn’t.
It was awful.
howlinglibraries's review against another edition
1.0
For all the badasses reluctant to show their soft side—you are not alone.
Unfollowing You is a story of a "situationship" (because, let's be honest, judging from the text, it never really reached full "relationship" status) going wrong. It starts off cheesy, but with promise, but sadly, goes downhill very quickly in quality and the poetry becomes off-putting, childish, repetitive, and unrefined.
Time with you now feels
like a trip to Taco Bell;
great in the moment
regretful the next day.
Yup... that's a direct quote.
I was still going to give this 2.5 stars until I reached the end and there was an advertisement for Bumble thrown in the mix. (Bumble is a dating/meet-up site.) I don't mean it was casually mentioned, I mean that it was literally spouted off like an advertisement—"You should leave Tinder and move to Bumble!"—complete with an incredibly corny tagline, one of those "Give love a try!" sort of motivational moments. It's a mess. I honestly can't help but suspect that the entire collection was written for the sole purpose of promoting this dating site now.
Thank you so much to Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!