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A review by booksandshan
Skin Memory by John Sibley Williams
4.0
3.5 / 4 stars
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.
'How does the pain we protect differ from the break we must heal?'
This is a beautiful poetry collection about love, memories and family using the imagery of nature to represent life. The vocabulary of John was amazing and really created the emotion. You could really see the deeper meanings behind the words.
In my opinion this collection is for those who are an 'advanced poetry reader'. I myself have not read that many poetry collections so some of the quotes were hard for me to visualise and went straight over my head. I believe that sharing the experience of the writer creates a stronger bond and provokes more feelings.
'Someday you'll also learn to be satisfied without being full'
This is definitely going to be a reread further down the line with more poetry under my belt.
Would highly recommend.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.
'How does the pain we protect differ from the break we must heal?'
This is a beautiful poetry collection about love, memories and family using the imagery of nature to represent life. The vocabulary of John was amazing and really created the emotion. You could really see the deeper meanings behind the words.
In my opinion this collection is for those who are an 'advanced poetry reader'. I myself have not read that many poetry collections so some of the quotes were hard for me to visualise and went straight over my head. I believe that sharing the experience of the writer creates a stronger bond and provokes more feelings.
'Someday you'll also learn to be satisfied without being full'
This is definitely going to be a reread further down the line with more poetry under my belt.
Would highly recommend.