A review by wishingfish
All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living by Morgan Harper Nichols

2.0

Pretty, and that's about it. There's some stuff with potential here, but the whole thing feels like a collection of first drafts. I say "drafts," but it's basically the same "poem" over and over, and when you read the same poem over and over for 192 pages (192?! A red flag, tbh), then the words lose any meaning they might have had. The messages are nothing special, the word choice is overall nothing special. The writer needed to cut and revise and, idk, edit literally at all, and she probably could've produced a small book of solid poetry. But as it is, it's very basic and very, very repetitive. So many blooms, breathes, graces, loves, meant to bes, etc. Save your time!