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A review by hawlaye
Necessary poisons by Andrea Blythe
challenging
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
1.5 stars rounded up*
Personally, this collection of poetry just was not for me. I found it to be very unorganised and lacking structure or meaning to the overall flow of the collection. The author did state at the end of the book that all the poems were actually comprised of random phrases from other pieces of work. That was an entirely new concept to me. I don't believe this approach worked well for this specific collection. I didn't understand a lot of the poems and the messages they were trying to convey. After reading the author's note, it becomes quite apparent that the author pieced sentences from other's work together.
Poetry can be a very personal piece of writing as well as extremely ambiguous, so maybe these just weren't to my taste. However, I did not enjoy this work as much as I had hoped to due to the lack of structure and the chaos evident throughout the pages.
Thank you so much to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Personally, this collection of poetry just was not for me. I found it to be very unorganised and lacking structure or meaning to the overall flow of the collection. The author did state at the end of the book that all the poems were actually comprised of random phrases from other pieces of work. That was an entirely new concept to me. I don't believe this approach worked well for this specific collection. I didn't understand a lot of the poems and the messages they were trying to convey. After reading the author's note, it becomes quite apparent that the author pieced sentences from other's work together.
Poetry can be a very personal piece of writing as well as extremely ambiguous, so maybe these just weren't to my taste. However, I did not enjoy this work as much as I had hoped to due to the lack of structure and the chaos evident throughout the pages.
Thank you so much to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.