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A review by crookedtreehouse
Book of Hours: Poems by Kevin Young
4.0
What I love about most Kevin Young books is how he can flesh a wide range of topics while still holding to a theme. [b:Dear Darkness|2997082|Dear Darkness|Kevin Young|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388700131s/2997082.jpg|3027566] is one of my all-time favorite poetry collections.
Book Of Hours is a more focused collection, dealing with grief. And the poems in it are fantastic but it is Heavier than his other work. This is not a criticism or a complaint. It's a book about grief.
As someone not currently in a place of grief, getting through this collection was rough. There was no individual poem that I didn't find affecting but I had to keep putting the book down to go do more fun things, like put puppies to sleep while I watch Dancer In The Dark.
If you're in a place of grief, and need to wallow in brilliant poetic descriptions of loss, this is absolutely one of the books you should pick up. Otherwise, I would suggest only reading a couple of these poems at a time.
Book Of Hours is a more focused collection, dealing with grief. And the poems in it are fantastic but it is Heavier than his other work. This is not a criticism or a complaint. It's a book about grief.
As someone not currently in a place of grief, getting through this collection was rough. There was no individual poem that I didn't find affecting but I had to keep putting the book down to go do more fun things, like put puppies to sleep while I watch Dancer In The Dark.
If you're in a place of grief, and need to wallow in brilliant poetic descriptions of loss, this is absolutely one of the books you should pick up. Otherwise, I would suggest only reading a couple of these poems at a time.