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3.0
even after i almost finished the book--when i reached 70ish page--i was sure i did not want to rate this because i could not decide how i felt about this book. i did not like it, i did not hate it. it is something, it sure is, but it is just something that did not sit with me.
it is not because i did not understand, despite the poetry being brutally direct and straightforward, because in fact i did. okay, i admit, it took me a while to actually understand what the author was going to achieve with this book. i told myself while reading it that reading this felt like going from nowhere to nowhere. it was directionless, groundless and unsure.
and that was exactly what was in my head and what made me did not want to rate this, but then i read the publisher's note and it was like there was a switch in my head. of course it felt like i was going nowhere, of course it felt like i stepped on a baseless ground, that is exactly what the author is trying to deliver in this book. it is about the frustration of never actually know where home is, it is about being away and not being anywhere at all. it is the confusion, the questions, the belongness.
when i realized this, i felt like i wanted to slap myself. i went back to the previous pages, and read a few of the poems, especially what seems familiar enough to me. this work is extremely personal, like most poetry are, and i am glad i am able to finally understand them--even just a bit--at the end. this has been such a ride, so i gave it an appreciative three stars.
here the earth vomits trees it doesn't know what to do with. you said i was right.
then
you put a hand, pale like a flower, on the grey trunk of a palm tree. i feel so out of place--where i come from, the trees keep everything in.
it is not because i did not understand, despite the poetry being brutally direct and straightforward, because in fact i did. okay, i admit, it took me a while to actually understand what the author was going to achieve with this book. i told myself while reading it that reading this felt like going from nowhere to nowhere. it was directionless, groundless and unsure.
and that was exactly what was in my head and what made me did not want to rate this, but then i read the publisher's note and it was like there was a switch in my head. of course it felt like i was going nowhere, of course it felt like i stepped on a baseless ground, that is exactly what the author is trying to deliver in this book. it is about the frustration of never actually know where home is, it is about being away and not being anywhere at all. it is the confusion, the questions, the belongness.
when i realized this, i felt like i wanted to slap myself. i went back to the previous pages, and read a few of the poems, especially what seems familiar enough to me. this work is extremely personal, like most poetry are, and i am glad i am able to finally understand them--even just a bit--at the end. this has been such a ride, so i gave it an appreciative three stars.
here the earth vomits trees it doesn't know what to do with. you said i was right.
then
you put a hand, pale like a flower, on the grey trunk of a palm tree. i feel so out of place--where i come from, the trees keep everything in.
calistacaesariyani's review
2.0
in my opinion this book didnt made sense at all?? i didnt really understand what the author is talking about but the words and the poetic-ness of the book itself is really amazing and i love the way the words are put together
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