A review by emilyclairem
The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems by Michael Ondaatje

3.0

I prefer Ondaatje's prose to his poetry, which is somewhat surprising. His writing style is quite poetic, which is magical when used to tell stories, but doesn't make as much as an impact for me in his poetry. And, honestly, I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps some of it was too abstract for me? I did love some of the poems, especially the ones which were more experimental and the ones that narrated a story. Somehow the other ones, abstractly talking about places or women, didn't affect me as much (the women ones were especially sketchy in more ways than one). I really don't know quite what to make of this yet.