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The Observer's Atlas
A whimsical anthology of poems, prose, and fantastical illustrations.
Tucked into these pages you will find death and life. Nostalgia and sorrow.
Friendship, nature, battles and knights.
This book is interactive; some poems have secrets stitched in, riddles which seek answers.
My letter to the weary-hearted.
A lifeline to the wondrous.
I hope this finds you.
xx
Tucked into these pages you will find death and life. Nostalgia and sorrow.
Friendship, nature, battles and knights.
This book is interactive; some poems have secrets stitched in, riddles which seek answers.
My letter to the weary-hearted.
A lifeline to the wondrous.
I hope this finds you.
xx
339 pages, Paperback
Published July 23, 2023
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August 19, 2023
*edited my review score after rereading some of the poems*
An honest review from someone who isn’t an IG follower of the writer…
If you are someone who is aged 13-17 and you don’t have a lot of experience with reading poetry, I think this will be a much better reading experience. If you’re around my age (30) and have spent almost two decades reading different kinds of poetry and analyzing them, this may fall in A LOT of aspects.
I won’t get too much into it because although poetry can be subjective there are some things that may just be considered “too mean” by the author and having been told that they post about any negative reviews on their socials, I don’t want to get too deeply into why I found this poetry collection severely lacking. One big issue I found was the art in the book; the quality of the art by Ignis and the stock images was glaring and then on top of that, there wasn’t any sense of cohesion between the art and the poetry. The way things were arranged just felt very nonsensical to me. I also don’t know if it was my copy, but the quality overall was terrible. I get that this was self-published and hopefully the quality control is better overall, but again, my copy was wonky. There’s a poem that requires you to fold the page in a particular way and the way the book itself is printed makes it a bit difficult to read the end result. Again, hopefully the overall quality control is better than my copy.
On the overall quality of the poems…I found some issue with them as someone who had to read 17th to 20th century poems (I point these periods out specifically because it felt like the author was trying to mimic some of the poetic styles from those periods) in some of my undergrad courses and then again in my grad studies. It’s very obvious that none of the poems are organic in that the author is very clearly trying to achieve a very specific aesthetic and because of that, the poems fall very flat and come across as shallow. Even just trying to turn my brain off and just try and read for enjoyment, the poems just don’t have any heart or life. It’s similar to how I feel reading Rupi Kaur and other related poetry. It just feels like all style and no substance. Although in this case, even the style is questionable since again, there isn’t a cohesive poet’s style. With this being my first sampling of the author’s writing, again, there’s just no personality here. No identity.
Overall, this poetry collection is not my cup of tea. I don’t mean to be harsh but as we all know, reviews are for potential readers and not for the pleasure of the author. That said, I’ve also been told I’m too serious when reading so yeah. I wouldn’t recommend this for anybody who had similar tastes to me.
An honest review from someone who isn’t an IG follower of the writer…
If you are someone who is aged 13-17 and you don’t have a lot of experience with reading poetry, I think this will be a much better reading experience. If you’re around my age (30) and have spent almost two decades reading different kinds of poetry and analyzing them, this may fall in A LOT of aspects.
I won’t get too much into it because although poetry can be subjective there are some things that may just be considered “too mean” by the author and having been told that they post about any negative reviews on their socials, I don’t want to get too deeply into why I found this poetry collection severely lacking. One big issue I found was the art in the book; the quality of the art by Ignis and the stock images was glaring and then on top of that, there wasn’t any sense of cohesion between the art and the poetry. The way things were arranged just felt very nonsensical to me. I also don’t know if it was my copy, but the quality overall was terrible. I get that this was self-published and hopefully the quality control is better overall, but again, my copy was wonky. There’s a poem that requires you to fold the page in a particular way and the way the book itself is printed makes it a bit difficult to read the end result. Again, hopefully the overall quality control is better than my copy.
On the overall quality of the poems…I found some issue with them as someone who had to read 17th to 20th century poems (I point these periods out specifically because it felt like the author was trying to mimic some of the poetic styles from those periods) in some of my undergrad courses and then again in my grad studies. It’s very obvious that none of the poems are organic in that the author is very clearly trying to achieve a very specific aesthetic and because of that, the poems fall very flat and come across as shallow. Even just trying to turn my brain off and just try and read for enjoyment, the poems just don’t have any heart or life. It’s similar to how I feel reading Rupi Kaur and other related poetry. It just feels like all style and no substance. Although in this case, even the style is questionable since again, there isn’t a cohesive poet’s style. With this being my first sampling of the author’s writing, again, there’s just no personality here. No identity.
Overall, this poetry collection is not my cup of tea. I don’t mean to be harsh but as we all know, reviews are for potential readers and not for the pleasure of the author. That said, I’ve also been told I’m too serious when reading so yeah. I wouldn’t recommend this for anybody who had similar tastes to me.
August 17, 2023
I wanted to like this book but the minute I opened my package I was disappointed. The cover is so blurry and you can barely make out the title of the book. Inside, the poetry is derivative, there's not much depth within the poems or prose, it's very Tumblr 2014 woe is me, very one note.
The bad image quality is a constant throughout the book, with pixelated stock images, while the commissioned art it wonderful.
The entirety of the book needed far more work put in to it.
The bad image quality is a constant throughout the book, with pixelated stock images, while the commissioned art it wonderful.
The entirety of the book needed far more work put in to it.
September 18, 2023
i have never read such shallow, boring, and sesquipedalian poems lol. don’t be distracted by the pretty archaic words, the poetry is mediocre at best.
September 20, 2023
there's an undercurrent of sorrow throughout all of these poems, packaged up in pretty imagery and words. it feels too personal to be given a star rating, but i enjoyed experiencing it
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June 16, 2025Gorgeous book, gorgeous illustrations, gorgeous poems. I can’t wait to go back and annotate a few of my favorites. This book has a whimsical, hazy vibe that’s perfect for late summer into fall.
August 14, 2023
I am so happy to give the observers atlas my first goodreads review. This interactive poetry book was a fun read, and filled with so much emotion. I’ve been following kenna’s youtube videos since middle school and i am 21 now. I have been waiting for this poetry book to come out for what feels like years. I was definitely looking forward to getting a poetry book that wasn’t just filled with a bunch of romance poems. It didn’t disappoint. I found some of the poems to be very personal to kenna themself, but a-lot of the poetry i found easily applicable to my life and relatable. The art was so beautiful as well. It kept me hooked till the end. I am happy to have read this.
September 3, 2023
A wonderful entanglement of words, thought, feelings and notions. The illustrations are beyond beautiful as well. Every poem felt raw and carved down to the bone - something so personal it almost felt wrong to be reading the thoughts of another. I think that is so important in a poetry book. Highly recommend. Also the author has a pretty lovely name ;)
February 8, 2025
Some of these poems hit a little too close to home but I absolutely love it and can relate to a lot of them and the themes as a fellow autist. I love how they are divided into months of the year and I was astounded by the sheer amount of poems they were able to fit into this book. There’s almost one for every day of the year. 10/10 poetry book love the illustrations too. would recommend
August 13, 2023
Absolutely loved it. It was everything I was hoping for and much, much more.
Thank you.
Thank you.
July 30, 2024
This is easily the most captivating poetry collection I have read. Much of modern poetry feels clichéd and repetitive, often focusing on the same themes over and over again. But this collection was different, with each poem exploring unique subjects. It was deeply self-reflective and introspective, which is what I tend to prefer in poetry. As a romantic, you'd think I would love poetry about love and relationships... but it's quite the opposite. I find it boring and predictable. I save romance novels for that. I want poetry about LITERALLY anything else.
October 9, 2023
There are some really beautiful poems in this collection. They evoke mostly a feeling of sadness or misfit, as well as attempted connection through creative means. I especially liked the hidden messages, such as "someone tune me back in". It made a fun read. However, I think most of these cleverly written and created poems are all within the first half of the book. Having read this in one hit, as opposed to how I assumed it was intended by the sectioned months, the poems became very repetitive in both style and theme. Unfortunately, the poems start to come across as forced, despite how artistic they are. That being said, there were absolutely parts of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter present in the some of the poems in all of the respective months.
Now, this part is because I was clearly quite silly: it would have been nice to have a "fold me" note for the folding poem because I thought I was meant to cut it. Luckily, it wasn't beyond repair!
I will likely not reread the entire collection, though may pick out some poems to read again. I would happily gift this to someone who I think might enjoy the general tone and seeing the beautiful artwork within.
— from someone who lacks knowledge in poetry but does sometimes enjoy it.
Now, this part is because I was clearly quite silly: it would have been nice to have a "fold me" note for the folding poem because I thought I was meant to cut it. Luckily, it wasn't beyond repair!
I will likely not reread the entire collection, though may pick out some poems to read again. I would happily gift this to someone who I think might enjoy the general tone and seeing the beautiful artwork within.
— from someone who lacks knowledge in poetry but does sometimes enjoy it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 17, 2023
I absolutely love this poetry book. I have been anxiously awaiting the release of it for a long time and was not disappointed. The poems and the art fit together so beautifully, and the book itself has a cool vintage vibe.The poems themselves are deep and dark in a beautiful and emotional way. It's my favourite poetry book!
September 19, 2023
Beautiful and touching poetry book. There are some really neat concepts in this book scattered throughout-- a choose your own adventure, an origami poem, etc... that make the process of reading that much more engaging and enjoyable. The writing is oftentimes really intimate; some of the poems about the sort of isolation/social pariah status that the author feels really tug on the heartstrings. I read it cover to cover when I first got it, and find myself reaching for this book time and time again when feeling lonely.
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August 12, 2023can’t wait to get my hands on this!!!
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May 21, 2024DNF 60%, not for me.
September 12, 2023
I liked many of the poems in this collection and thought many of them had great ideas and concepts. I also thought the aesthetic of the entire book was gorgeous, the illustrations within were especially stunning.
Despite this I have to say that the collection didn’t fully reach its potential in my opinion. Throughout the collections there are some awkwardness to the grammar and the rhythm of the poems that pulled me out of them and left me disappointed cause they could have been really good. With some reworking and editing I think there’s something pretty good to make out of this collection, but as it is it just doesn’t fully get to where I think it could be.
Despite this I have to say that the collection didn’t fully reach its potential in my opinion. Throughout the collections there are some awkwardness to the grammar and the rhythm of the poems that pulled me out of them and left me disappointed cause they could have been really good. With some reworking and editing I think there’s something pretty good to make out of this collection, but as it is it just doesn’t fully get to where I think it could be.
August 12, 2023
Genuinely loved it!
July 10, 2024
This reads like it was written by an angsty teenager who got their inspiration from Tumblr but they used big words to hide the fact that it’s Tumblr poetry. One star for the artwork but if you’re looking for anything of substance, this isn’t it.
August 17, 2023
wanted to love it, found myself not liking it :(
i found kenna's insta maybe 2? years ago and i've loved all her photos. i really like her hobbit-y vibe and her pjo/cosplay stuff and understood her gender struggles & diagnosis w/ autism - i really related to her stuff!! you can imagine how excited i was when i found out she had a poetry book coming out
i got my book from amazon (paperback) and first impressions weren't the best. it was really low quality and i thought the cover would be embossed - maybe it was for hardcover? the cover art is still super cool though and i immediately loved the idea behind it, and the cover art is my favourite piece! all the art in the book by ignis is gorgeous, but there's a lot of low quality stock images for some reason? idk if that was a printing error or smth but it really clashed with ignis' stuff, and some pages printed really weird (folding a page on a specified spot wouldn't line up and there was some off centre bits)
i liked some of the poems like the siren one (where kenna uses the siren mythology with his asexuality which is such a cool idea) but a lot of them read really weird to me and had some grammatical errors that threw me out, like someone else reviewed. i don't know whether it was a style choice but based on poems i've seen from him, i think it might've been on purpose to match a 19th/20th century style?
there's also a lot of poems that i didn't expect going into it - a lot of personal poems about loneliness. that isn't a bad thing, but from their insta i was expecting some academic/fantasy ones esp with the description, maybe written as if they were in a fantasy land? or maybe some where they watch other people (to go with the observer's part of the book). i think i just went on with the wrong idea, which threw the book for me.
there were some poems i really did love (the siren one, the one forgetting others remember you exist, the one based on sirius and regulus) but i just really didn't connect with the rest like i thought i would :(
i'm sure this is better for other readers but i went in with a more whimsical expectation and left feeling as though this should've been more dark academia marketed rather than fantasy/medieval. i can't wait for what else she has in store though, and maybe this is just a gritty first look?
i found kenna's insta maybe 2? years ago and i've loved all her photos. i really like her hobbit-y vibe and her pjo/cosplay stuff and understood her gender struggles & diagnosis w/ autism - i really related to her stuff!! you can imagine how excited i was when i found out she had a poetry book coming out
i got my book from amazon (paperback) and first impressions weren't the best. it was really low quality and i thought the cover would be embossed - maybe it was for hardcover? the cover art is still super cool though and i immediately loved the idea behind it, and the cover art is my favourite piece! all the art in the book by ignis is gorgeous, but there's a lot of low quality stock images for some reason? idk if that was a printing error or smth but it really clashed with ignis' stuff, and some pages printed really weird (folding a page on a specified spot wouldn't line up and there was some off centre bits)
i liked some of the poems like the siren one (where kenna uses the siren mythology with his asexuality which is such a cool idea) but a lot of them read really weird to me and had some grammatical errors that threw me out, like someone else reviewed. i don't know whether it was a style choice but based on poems i've seen from him, i think it might've been on purpose to match a 19th/20th century style?
there's also a lot of poems that i didn't expect going into it - a lot of personal poems about loneliness. that isn't a bad thing, but from their insta i was expecting some academic/fantasy ones esp with the description, maybe written as if they were in a fantasy land? or maybe some where they watch other people (to go with the observer's part of the book). i think i just went on with the wrong idea, which threw the book for me.
there were some poems i really did love (the siren one, the one forgetting others remember you exist, the one based on sirius and regulus) but i just really didn't connect with the rest like i thought i would :(
i'm sure this is better for other readers but i went in with a more whimsical expectation and left feeling as though this should've been more dark academia marketed rather than fantasy/medieval. i can't wait for what else she has in store though, and maybe this is just a gritty first look?
January 6, 2024
As several others have noted, the author lacks a facility with language that one would expect from someone charging the prices listed for this debut book of poetry. It is clear that there was an attempt to have a theme running through the work, but it was not successful at getting beneath a wrapping of belabored "twee, quirky & wistful" aesthetic to reveal...anything else, really. That, in and of itself, is not the biggest issue. Truly, a no-substance-just-vibes type of work can be elevated from gimmick to art when executed with fully-developed intention and an eye for detail. This book is not that, but it could have been with some more tweaking and some different design choices.
What is really disappointing is the author's habit of screenshotting every critical review they receive in order to post it to their social media accounts as a means of weaponizing their fanbase to harass people for the "crime" of voicing an honest opinion of this book. There has already been recent controversy about this kind of childish, schoolyard bully behavior on this very website, and I have to say that I am dismayed to see others attempting similar underhanded, strong-arm tactics to manipulate this platform. Goodreads is intended to provide readers with a range of sincere observations on a given work in order to help them make an informed decision about what to spend their time reading and/or money supporting.
The author may decide to continue down this dark road by screenshotting this review and presenting it to their IG followers in the hopes that being harassed by strangers on the internet will cow me, but I will not change this review or take it down. Good luck.
What is really disappointing is the author's habit of screenshotting every critical review they receive in order to post it to their social media accounts as a means of weaponizing their fanbase to harass people for the "crime" of voicing an honest opinion of this book. There has already been recent controversy about this kind of childish, schoolyard bully behavior on this very website, and I have to say that I am dismayed to see others attempting similar underhanded, strong-arm tactics to manipulate this platform. Goodreads is intended to provide readers with a range of sincere observations on a given work in order to help them make an informed decision about what to spend their time reading and/or money supporting.
The author may decide to continue down this dark road by screenshotting this review and presenting it to their IG followers in the hopes that being harassed by strangers on the internet will cow me, but I will not change this review or take it down. Good luck.
December 5, 2023
I Am! by John Clare is my favourite poem. A reflection on what means to feel emotionally alienated and isolated, yearning for peace. The poetry in this book stands as an insult to work like Clare’s as it attempts to appropriate the aesthetic and identity of the “outsider.”
Suman’s poetry posits that’s her isolation is brought upon by her intellect, however this is a grown woman who champions young adult novels (the Harry Potter series, chief among them) as high art. I don’t doubt that there is a sense of isolation within Suman, although her work suggests it stems from a lack of emotional intelligence rather than an abundance of it. There is no sense of real curiosity or wonderment in her prose. This is not someone who yearns to sincerely understand the human condition. Rather this is someone who simply wants to seen as inquisitive and maybe a little quirky.
Other reviews have said this, but Suman’s writing style feels like a shallow facsimile of other work, cobbled together to create an emotionless zombie attempting to mimic deep thought and introspection. The mimicry is poor though, the messy collage is there to those able to look past the aesthetic of it all.
That’s what this work is in the end, aesthetics over real emotion. The artifice of it all is jarring, it lacks any real soul. This feels like a vanity project rather than a real work of passion. I think Suman enjoys wearing the facade of a tortured misunderstood artist. But she is not that person, through her writing I struggle to believe she’s ever really felt true emotional turmoil or hardship. And that’s fine, live your quaint little life that you’re able to curate to your liking. However leave the arts to those who’re actually willing to sacrifice and struggle for their passion. Those who actually have something substantial to say about what it means to navigate this world riddled with both beauty and hardship.
If an observer uses this as an atlas they’ll find nothing.
P.S. I stole my copy and am now using the pages as rolling paper.
Suman’s poetry posits that’s her isolation is brought upon by her intellect, however this is a grown woman who champions young adult novels (the Harry Potter series, chief among them) as high art. I don’t doubt that there is a sense of isolation within Suman, although her work suggests it stems from a lack of emotional intelligence rather than an abundance of it. There is no sense of real curiosity or wonderment in her prose. This is not someone who yearns to sincerely understand the human condition. Rather this is someone who simply wants to seen as inquisitive and maybe a little quirky.
Other reviews have said this, but Suman’s writing style feels like a shallow facsimile of other work, cobbled together to create an emotionless zombie attempting to mimic deep thought and introspection. The mimicry is poor though, the messy collage is there to those able to look past the aesthetic of it all.
That’s what this work is in the end, aesthetics over real emotion. The artifice of it all is jarring, it lacks any real soul. This feels like a vanity project rather than a real work of passion. I think Suman enjoys wearing the facade of a tortured misunderstood artist. But she is not that person, through her writing I struggle to believe she’s ever really felt true emotional turmoil or hardship. And that’s fine, live your quaint little life that you’re able to curate to your liking. However leave the arts to those who’re actually willing to sacrifice and struggle for their passion. Those who actually have something substantial to say about what it means to navigate this world riddled with both beauty and hardship.
If an observer uses this as an atlas they’ll find nothing.
P.S. I stole my copy and am now using the pages as rolling paper.
August 21, 2025
This book is breathtaking.The illustrations by Ignis, alongside the reimagined imagery are truly otherworldly. I have long been captivated by McKenna's writing; It takes me back to when I first discovered the voices of Emily Dickinson and Mary Oliver, writers who spoke to me as if they were echoing my own thoughts and struggles. In their words, I found a sense of kinship. They seem to understand the quiet of the soul, where moments of defeat and solace are wrapped in the same breath.
A poem from the book that truly captures its essence reads:
Please find me . Please find me, please find me. Please. This is not a poem. Please find me.
At first, it seemed like a simple cry for help, but upon a deeper look, I saw something else: The poem mirrors its own message. The poem stands alone, placed on an empty page, isolated in a way the others aren’t. This absence makes the reader work to find its meaning, just as she might have to work to be seen too. She’s saying, ‘You might overlook me if you don’t pay attention, but I’m here right in front of you if you can see past the surface.’ There’s more to this emptiness, too. By leaving the page blank, she might be suggesting that she is the words themselves- or, without someone to truly see her, she might as well be a blank canvas. Unseen or nonexistent. In these pages, McKenna isn’t just asking us to read. She’s asking us to recognize the hidden, overlooked, parts of herself and, perhaps, of us all.
A poem from the book that truly captures its essence reads:
Please find me . Please find me, please find me. Please. This is not a poem. Please find me.
At first, it seemed like a simple cry for help, but upon a deeper look, I saw something else: The poem mirrors its own message. The poem stands alone, placed on an empty page, isolated in a way the others aren’t. This absence makes the reader work to find its meaning, just as she might have to work to be seen too. She’s saying, ‘You might overlook me if you don’t pay attention, but I’m here right in front of you if you can see past the surface.’ There’s more to this emptiness, too. By leaving the page blank, she might be suggesting that she is the words themselves- or, without someone to truly see her, she might as well be a blank canvas. Unseen or nonexistent. In these pages, McKenna isn’t just asking us to read. She’s asking us to recognize the hidden, overlooked, parts of herself and, perhaps, of us all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 26, 2023
𝟒,𝟕/𝟓 ✰
‘My heart drips from the wax of a candle
hardened spots to scrape off the desk and floor
I tell myself it is proof I am warm’
‘I cannot grow up
So I grown in
The worlds within me always expanding
I am entire kingdoms inside this human cage’
‘I am always pulling me apart, dissecting myself into smaller pieces. I have pinned me down with labels here, written me out with explanations. All so that I might be a bit simpler to comprehend. Exploration made easy.
But it seems I have made a museum of me’
‘My mind, much like a museum of curiosities
My heart, much more a labyrinth’
‘When you are a silent thing, withdrawn and reserved
There’s so much room left from all the unsaid words.
The rest will try to fill the spaces for you.
And so, I have been a thousand different people to a thousand different people’
-mckenna k//
Dit boek was echt fascinerend en ontroerend. De prachtige cover en illustraties gaven verdieping aan de complexe maar herkenbare gedichten. Mijn exemplaar staat helemaal vol met annotaties, zo mooi vond ik het. Ik heb mezelf ook echt moeten inhouden om ‘the observer’s atlas’ niet in één keer helemaal uit te lezen. Ik moest hier en daar wel wat Engelse woorden opzoeken om sommige gedichten te kunnen begrijpen.
Dit is mijn nieuwe favoriete gedichtenbundel! <3
‘My heart drips from the wax of a candle
hardened spots to scrape off the desk and floor
I tell myself it is proof I am warm’
‘I cannot grow up
So I grown in
The worlds within me always expanding
I am entire kingdoms inside this human cage’
‘I am always pulling me apart, dissecting myself into smaller pieces. I have pinned me down with labels here, written me out with explanations. All so that I might be a bit simpler to comprehend. Exploration made easy.
But it seems I have made a museum of me’
‘My mind, much like a museum of curiosities
My heart, much more a labyrinth’
‘When you are a silent thing, withdrawn and reserved
There’s so much room left from all the unsaid words.
The rest will try to fill the spaces for you.
And so, I have been a thousand different people to a thousand different people’
-mckenna k//
Dit boek was echt fascinerend en ontroerend. De prachtige cover en illustraties gaven verdieping aan de complexe maar herkenbare gedichten. Mijn exemplaar staat helemaal vol met annotaties, zo mooi vond ik het. Ik heb mezelf ook echt moeten inhouden om ‘the observer’s atlas’ niet in één keer helemaal uit te lezen. Ik moest hier en daar wel wat Engelse woorden opzoeken om sommige gedichten te kunnen begrijpen.
Dit is mijn nieuwe favoriete gedichtenbundel! <3
October 3, 2023
After reading this book, it left me a little perplexed. In fact, I'm just baffled how poorly this book was written. It certainly didn't find me, it lost me. I do not recommend this to any beginner poetry reader.
The poetry as a whole is bland, and mediocre. And you can tell the author was really trying to sound 'unique' and have that 'I'm not like other girls' kind of tone. The use of archaic words clashed poorly with the weird stanza break offs. Even the rhythm was off, it took me two months to completely finished because it just didn't have any emotion at all. Not to mention, the poems had nothing to do with the title, it made no sense, and that's a bloody shame.
What really hit the nail in the coffin for me is...The author was asking her fans to write 'good reviews' about her book. Not only is this disingenuous, it also shows that this person wants to avoid reviews like the plague. Which is pretty cowardly.
In the end, if you're gonna write a book expect people to not like it and accept the critique/negative remarks. And if you're gonna throw a fit about it, then that's on you.
The poetry as a whole is bland, and mediocre. And you can tell the author was really trying to sound 'unique' and have that 'I'm not like other girls' kind of tone. The use of archaic words clashed poorly with the weird stanza break offs. Even the rhythm was off, it took me two months to completely finished because it just didn't have any emotion at all. Not to mention, the poems had nothing to do with the title, it made no sense, and that's a bloody shame.
What really hit the nail in the coffin for me is...The author was asking her fans to write 'good reviews' about her book. Not only is this disingenuous, it also shows that this person wants to avoid reviews like the plague. Which is pretty cowardly.
In the end, if you're gonna write a book expect people to not like it and accept the critique/negative remarks. And if you're gonna throw a fit about it, then that's on you.
September 22, 2023
While I am not a follower of the author's social media, I wanted to give their book a try, as I was drawn to the overall design. However, after reading through this collection, as well as some of the other reviews, I can't say that I recommend this book for individuals who are interested in poetry.
First, apparently the author had taken to asking their instagram followers for positive reviews, which is *completely* disingenuous. Besides this, the print quality has many issues which should have been addressed prior to releasing this book for purchase.
The poems themselves are repetitive in their themes, generally clunky in their flow, and shallow. One poem called "Modern Mess" literally says "I type my poems in the notes app of my phone... when i'm feeling lost the GPS cannot advise." Need I say more?
First, apparently the author had taken to asking their instagram followers for positive reviews, which is *completely* disingenuous. Besides this, the print quality has many issues which should have been addressed prior to releasing this book for purchase.
The poems themselves are repetitive in their themes, generally clunky in their flow, and shallow. One poem called "Modern Mess" literally says "I type my poems in the notes app of my phone... when i'm feeling lost the GPS cannot advise." Need I say more?
August 15, 2023
I cannot express in words how much I loved this. You can really tell how much care and thought, how much work was put into it (both with the poems and illustrations). I could not help but think whilst reading that the author was born to be a poet, to create. My autistic soul is thoroughly soothed. This will definitely be a body of work I'll come back to whenever the chill of autumn (or my feelings of loneliness) creeps in again.
Overall a score of 4,5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ (had to deduct half a point because the paper/printing quality of amazon unfortunately isn't the best which influenced the reading experience a bit for me)
Already can't wait till the next one!
Overall a score of 4,5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ (had to deduct half a point because the paper/printing quality of amazon unfortunately isn't the best which influenced the reading experience a bit for me)
Already can't wait till the next one!
January 1, 2025
Re read over and over again from the day I received the book. My own special signed copy.
I have been a fan of the author for years always following and enjoying her content, creativity and unique artistic abilities and view of the world. Honestly I find her content and the self she puts out there incredibly relatable being my own flavour of autism myself. These poems were calming, thought provoking, void of emotion yet full of emotion and honestly at points it felt as though my brain has been tapped into whatever collective consciousness she is (or not) apart of. Will be rereading in 2025 and beyond and am looking forward to her next book/collective work.
I have been a fan of the author for years always following and enjoying her content, creativity and unique artistic abilities and view of the world. Honestly I find her content and the self she puts out there incredibly relatable being my own flavour of autism myself. These poems were calming, thought provoking, void of emotion yet full of emotion and honestly at points it felt as though my brain has been tapped into whatever collective consciousness she is (or not) apart of. Will be rereading in 2025 and beyond and am looking forward to her next book/collective work.
August 20, 2023
I loved it. It is not perfect, but I am giving 5 stars because it brought me something real and that's rare for me in recent years. I find the poems soothing and relatable, which is important. That reliability gave me some inspiration and reminded me of thoughts I had and things I felt. I love the illustrations, they also speak to me.
It's the first publication of the author. It's quite a task to write, put together, choose the looks and self-publish. It is, to me, an activity worth warm words and support. It doesn't have to be perfection, it's the charm of it.
It's the first publication of the author. It's quite a task to write, put together, choose the looks and self-publish. It is, to me, an activity worth warm words and support. It doesn't have to be perfection, it's the charm of it.
August 31, 2023
I really love this book. Aside from the fact that it’s beautifully illustrated, the depth and variety of feelings it invokes is a wonder. It’s magical, clever, and gut wrenching. So much poetry these days feel like fragments or first drafts; these are all meticulously crafted poems that warrant repeat readings. So many of these poems feel as though they are speaking directly to you, conveying emotions you’ve felt below the surface of your consciousness, but could never put into words. If you love poetry, get this book. It’s a treasure. Ok
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