allisonjanicki 's review for:

I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey

2.0

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i had a fairly neutral opinion of halsey prior to reading this book, but now i gotta say it ain’t looking so hot. it felt like she was writing song lyrics that she could disguise as poems but it just didn’t work. there was rhyming just for the sake of rhyming and it felt like she was saying the same thing over and over again. i also have a problem with the self-depreciation of the title and the message of the overall collection; i mean i can respect some Depressing Poems but there was no light at the end of the tunnel here and for a person of such a high caliber it just felt kind of uncomfortable? idk but this book did not do it for me