thebookwizard10 's review for:

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I by r.h. Sin

2.0

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Giving this two stars, why? Because I liked the cover & the author used typewriter font in his poetry. I like typewriter font & Times New Roman. But I didn't exactly like all the poetry that much, there were some I could relate to generally but some I was like, "Uh okay...". For example: (on page 32)

".......my heart breaks at the thought
of you reading these words
with a heavy heart
my heart breaks because
you most likely picked up
this book because your heart
is hurting....."

My response to this after reading this was, "Um..no it's not. I picked this book up cause I wanted to read more poetry." I can honestly tell this whole book was a rant about his relationship, somethings made no sense, & well I didn't care much for the female positivity he was trying to do. It's like a few poems he would speak about a woman being strong & brave but then turn around an talk about arching her back with his fingers or other sexual means. I get it, it's a part of life, but I didn't want to read about it. =_=

The poems I did like were titled:
(pg7) "with lightning."
(pg18) "under stars."
(pg30) "put down your phone."
(pg46) "fed up."
(pg48) "connections."
(pg85) "snowfall in Queens."

*Now, these are the top two poems I greatly relate to since I do overthink bad. An there my top favorite.

(pg53) "midnight noise."
"nothing is louder
then overthinking
after midnight"


*(pg159) "deadly habit."
"my most dangerous habit
is overthinking"

Overall, I probably won't read this book again & there's a possibility I wouldn't suggest it either.