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A review by hamburgerhelper
I Must Belong Somewhere: Poetry and Prose by Dawn Lanuza
4.0
I sold myself on this book, thinking I’d enjoy it, but something lied to me along the way. I didn’t read what I paid for.
I guess I expected to be seen through the lens of the writer, to have my trauma displayed on the page through the life of another. I mostly got shallow short lines, that could have easily been more with the writers skill. I also got very few prose, mostly just a lot of long poems, that were really just prose disguised with needles enjambment.
The writing isn’t bad, in fact, I think it’s wonderful. But I probably would prefer reading a novel by this writer, as opposed to poetry.
3.5 stars: The description of the book lied to me, but I enjoyed myself 70% of the time.
I guess I expected to be seen through the lens of the writer, to have my trauma displayed on the page through the life of another. I mostly got shallow short lines, that could have easily been more with the writers skill. I also got very few prose, mostly just a lot of long poems, that were really just prose disguised with needles enjambment.
The writing isn’t bad, in fact, I think it’s wonderful. But I probably would prefer reading a novel by this writer, as opposed to poetry.
3.5 stars: The description of the book lied to me, but I enjoyed myself 70% of the time.