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guillevaldata's review
3.0
Nice book! Even though the topic was about breakups and heartbreaks i wished there was like an ending that could inspire or make readers who connected with the theme feel hopeful, Idk if this makes sense.
maimona's review
5.0
Love this book!
Heartfelt. sad. and brave.
The way she writes is just so pretty! and it makes you feel like a friend with who she wants to share her sadness and get over whatever she is going through.
The book flow is Great. this is something that I personally always appreciate in books, it makes me admire everything about the book!
Every page felt as if it was a very specific memory in the poet's life and she is able to lead us through her life path till the end. As if it's a story that is meant to make you feel apologetic or sympathize with the person who is pouring his heart out on each page, telling us how much it's hurting him, how much it's hard on him to get through this and cope with all the heartbreak!
Each poem felt like it has its own scene in the poet's life, each one has a different timeline in her life! I really hope that today the author isn't hurting as much as at the beginning of the book :"(
RECOMMENDED ;)
So glad I picked it up
Heartfelt. sad. and brave.
The way she writes is just so pretty! and it makes you feel like a friend with who she wants to share her sadness and get over whatever she is going through.
The book flow is Great. this is something that I personally always appreciate in books, it makes me admire everything about the book!
Every page felt as if it was a very specific memory in the poet's life and she is able to lead us through her life path till the end. As if it's a story that is meant to make you feel apologetic or sympathize with the person who is pouring his heart out on each page, telling us how much it's hurting him, how much it's hard on him to get through this and cope with all the heartbreak!
Each poem felt like it has its own scene in the poet's life, each one has a different timeline in her life! I really hope that today the author isn't hurting as much as at the beginning of the book :"(
RECOMMENDED ;)
So glad I picked it up
astheplotthickens24's review against another edition
2.0
This was a compilation of LGBT poems. They were beautiful but I honestly think that Mateer's previous book The Dogs I Have Kissed was just better. Honeybee was a compilation of love that was lost and bittersweet memories with someone you thought you'd spend your eternity with.
belladonnashrike's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
2.75
alexa, play “good luck, babe!” by Chappell Roan.
I felt like this once - I think that’s why I kept reading it. I tend to struggle reading this kind of contemporary poetry. they are often brief, seemingly only written that way to fit nicely within the instagram crop. the poems often lack depth, and I never find myself thinking about my favorite stanzas months later. to parrot another reviewer here, they are “…more of a statement of facts, with too much telling and not enough showing.”
while the writing is very plain, the raw emotions are on display, and I could resonate with them; many of the poems felt like a distant memory. I had a pseudo-relationship like this once as a teenager, which ended poorly and I grieved it as if we were both in love (but it was just me). I feel like this would’ve left a deeper mark on me if I read this when it was published, when I was 14.
but I’m not 14 anymore so all I can say is that this collection of poetry is fine. I see why people really love this style, I do, but oftentimes when I read bereft contemporary poetry, I just think about how I could probably get my own work published easily, and I’m not a practiced or even great poet.
a quote that I do like that also reminds me of something else: earlier today I went shopping for the apples alone. I used an adapted version of your mother’s recipe. I crimped the edges just like you showed me. I’ve realized that it’s not as important to remember where I’ve learned things, as it is to just learn them. I don’t always have to trace everything back to it’s source. it reminds me of that tumblr post that says something along the lines of how everyone is a mosaic of all the people they’ve ever loved. I adore that sentiment.
also, the cover is beautiful.
I felt like this once - I think that’s why I kept reading it. I tend to struggle reading this kind of contemporary poetry. they are often brief, seemingly only written that way to fit nicely within the instagram crop. the poems often lack depth, and I never find myself thinking about my favorite stanzas months later. to parrot another reviewer here, they are “…more of a statement of facts, with too much telling and not enough showing.”
while the writing is very plain, the raw emotions are on display, and I could resonate with them; many of the poems felt like a distant memory. I had a pseudo-relationship like this once as a teenager, which ended poorly and I grieved it as if we were both in love (but it was just me). I feel like this would’ve left a deeper mark on me if I read this when it was published, when I was 14.
but I’m not 14 anymore so all I can say is that this collection of poetry is fine. I see why people really love this style, I do, but oftentimes when I read bereft contemporary poetry, I just think about how I could probably get my own work published easily, and I’m not a practiced or even great poet.
a quote that I do like that also reminds me of something else: earlier today I went shopping for the apples alone. I used an adapted version of your mother’s recipe. I crimped the edges just like you showed me. I’ve realized that it’s not as important to remember where I’ve learned things, as it is to just learn them. I don’t always have to trace everything back to it’s source. it reminds me of that tumblr post that says something along the lines of how everyone is a mosaic of all the people they’ve ever loved. I adore that sentiment.
also, the cover is beautiful.