A review by hayleyski
The Nectar of Pain by Najwa Zebian

4.0

I’m a very very huge fan of poetry. Through all that I’ve been through I look at that words of others hoping to find a similar pain in their stories. In Najawas Zebians book, I found so many poems that made my heart cry due to the fact that I too have been left behind by people who I would’ve moved mountains for. This book touches upon mostly healing after a breakup as well as learning to love yourself. I feel as though this book would be hard to relate to if the one reading it had not gone through a breakup. Despite this, the writing was incredible so the reader could still enjoy it. I can usually pick up a poetry book and finish it in that same sitting. This did not happen with this book and I can’t really pin point why. Nevertheless I enjoyed this book and if someone were to look to poetry to heal after a breakup, this would be the book.