Merle
“silence has always been my loudest scream.” And once again, a book I hoped to like, but disappointed me a lot. [again, because I read both Rupi Kaur's books and The Chaos of Longing by K. Y. Robinson before this, and sadly did not enjoy them either.] The themes in those poems weren't my cup of tea, nothing I could relate to. I mean, the author is really strong for making it through all of that and then putting it into words and sharing it with the world. I really do appreciate that. Doesn't erase the fact that I wasn't moved by her writing. In the beginning, the poems seemed to be chronologically and somehow connected to each other, like a story. And then towards the end, they seemed all over the place... I'm gonna give this book two stars, for the authors strenght, and for the use of nautical references, which was a nice touch; and finally somebody used another symbol besides the stars or the moon. Rating poetry is even harder than books; because they are so much more personal than a story.
