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oddandbookish's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book for free through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers.
I give this book 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4.
To be honest, I didn’t “get” a lot of these poems. Maybe if I knew both Spanish and English (this is a bilingual book that has the same poems in both languages) I would understand them better. However, I still did like some of them and it was interesting to read a book of sonnets only. But ultimately, I liked the epigraphs more than the poems themselves.
I give this book 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4.
To be honest, I didn’t “get” a lot of these poems. Maybe if I knew both Spanish and English (this is a bilingual book that has the same poems in both languages) I would understand them better. However, I still did like some of them and it was interesting to read a book of sonnets only. But ultimately, I liked the epigraphs more than the poems themselves.
kesterbird's review against another edition
4.0
I received this as part of librarything's early review program. I either read the description wrong, or, more likely, messed up and clicked next to the wrong book, and I am utterly unqualified to write a review of poetry.
I did read the book; even if I inadvertently signed up to review it, I DID sign up to review it, but... It is just the kind of poetry I least understand. There's stories here which I suspect are really interesting stories. I wish they were short stories instead of poetry. But that's ME, and has nothing to do with the poet, who I suspect is quite good. Good enough, in fact, to break through my lack of interest in poetry and make me interested in the stories. So
I did read the book; even if I inadvertently signed up to review it, I DID sign up to review it, but... It is just the kind of poetry I least understand. There's stories here which I suspect are really interesting stories. I wish they were short stories instead of poetry. But that's ME, and has nothing to do with the poet, who I suspect is quite good. Good enough, in fact, to break through my lack of interest in poetry and make me interested in the stories. So
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