A review by meshhhh
The Surrender Theory: Poems by Caitlin Conlon

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

This is a collection of poetry about loss, heartbreak, mental health, grief, and love that, though gorgeous, at times feels a bit repetitive and stranded. There are many beautiful poems, such as "the surrender theory", "coded signals", "linguistics", or "pareidolia", among others but they are not very consistent. Since many of the themes of the poems and their inspiration seem to be from the past (when the author was 19), i would have loved for it to have a chronological order or a clear destination, but many of the latter poems felt like a step-back and because of that i could not enjoy them as much. There were many lines that changed my brain chemistry because of how tender and filled with love and yearning they were, but some others were overwhelmingly cliché. I think this is a book I would recommend to people that are just getting started in to poetry and want something not so heavy, but still reflective and stunning.