A review by papasquish
Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

I’ve been trying to expand what I read, and this is my first foray into reading poetry in 2023. I’ll admit I am not a big fan of poetry, but this seemed like a good book to get more into poetry. I was sadly mistaken.
To be fair, I should have read the summary more carefully because then I would have seen the word “instapoetry”, which perfectly describes everything wrong this this book. The book reads more as a bunch of motivational quotes strung together. Thus, it lacks a lot of emotion and depth that I thought it would have. 
Also, a lot of the poems in the book seemed so incredibly lazy. If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought I was reading the diary of a middle schooler who is active on tumbler, but unfortunately this is the work of a grown women who spent too much time on a “poem” that is just a list of items that make the author unhappy. 
The book isn’t all bad though. Some of the artwork was nice to look at, and there were some statements that I agreed with. Unfortunately, this is not enough to save this dumpster fire of a book. Maybe the state of poetry will fare better once instapoetry wanes in popularity, but that is unlikely to happen in the near future.