i deserved a better goodbye

by akhira

the most painful goodbyes
are the ones unexplained

Genres: Poetry, Love, Romance

202 pages, Paperback

Published October 18, 2023

Reviews

[Megan rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I still remember how big my smile was the night I got home after hanging out with you for the first time.”
I have photo proof and some how seeing it hurts 10 times worse.

[the bookish nook · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really worded things that hurts for me to admit to anyone...it really hurts still and this book did give me solace and a sense of belonging when it all feels lonely and hollow

[Tamin · Rating 1 out of 5]

واقعا به قول نظر یکی از مخاطبان...
حیف ورق... حیف دستگاه چاپ.. حیف زمان.....
حداقل جیبی نکردنش...
هیچ چیزی نداشت.

چندتا شعار یک خطی..
حتی قشنگ هم خداحافظی نکرد😐

[Elizabeth ❀ · Rating 3 out of 5]

"every time i think of you, i have to remind myself that if you wanted to be with me, you would" 💔 this unexpectedly hit close to home.

[Oksan · Rating 1 out of 5]

حیف کاغذ

[Bri Simerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you deserved a better goodbye, you’ll understand why this is a five star book.

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

„maybe that’s all we‘ll ever be
an incomplete sentence,
a half-written story,
finished, without an ending“ :')

[Haylie Barnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

“This year I lost, won, failed, cried, laughed, loved, but above all I learned”

I didn’t relate to all the poems in this book, but there were a few that really hit home. It was a super quick and easy read, and it was nice to read things that clearly other people are feeling too. Makes you feel a little better about what you’re feeling.

[Gale Pyke · Rating 4 out of 5]

There’s a beauty in the simplicity of this book. Not filled with a lot of over-thought verses, or highly elaborated prose. Instead, every page presents a real and grounded statement that we have to face on a frequent basis. Extremely relatable.

My favorite is 4:52 am by far!

[Rhianna Walters · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5⭐️
not was i was expecting and very little to delve into. timestamp aspect was kinda cool but would call this quotes and not poetry. guess that depends on how u look at it but if i’m totally honest i’m a bit gutted i spent £6 on it tbh cause it was done with in 30 mins

[Braden Stark · Rating 5 out of 5]

book hurt, but man was a full of life.

[Sofia Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished within 25 minutes, short, obviously a poem book, may be meant to read in spurts, I read in a sitting. I went through something similar, could relate, understood the message.

[Haya Ziedan · Rating 5 out of 5]

just because we don't talk
doesn't mean i don't think
about you, i'm just trying
to distance myself
because i know
i can't have you...

the worst feeling is when you have to
say goodbye to someone you want to
spend every minute with

[Brandon Watabe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not poetry. Off putting one liners that would be better suited as a text message or a song title. Real substance to about 10 of the 200 pages.

[Ektara · Rating 1 out of 5]

good reads please just implement a zero star rating feature

[Penelope · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah, no.

[Ande · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Sometimes the people who are thousands of miles away from you can make you feel better than the people right beside you."

4.00 / 5.00 stars

I Deserved a Better Goodbye is a collection of poems reflecting on a (recently?) ended relationship between the narrator and an unnamed person.

A friend recommended this to me after I told her how much I enjoyed Save Me An Orange by Hayley Grace, and I wish I hadn’t read them so close together. Though they’re similar in style, the narration of this story was just too “stream of consciousness” in comparison. It felt like every time Akhira had a thought, they wrote it down and threw it all together. I wanted to know more about the relationship, more about why the author was in love with this other person, and why the relationship ended. The heartbreak and emotion Akhira put into this story hit hard, but it just didn’t hit as hard as I wanted it to without that context. I likely won’t read anything else from this author as I enjoy stories with more substance.

I would recommend this to anyone struggling with heartbreak and looking for the right words to deal with the grief and get back on their feet.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in a single sitting and I loved it a lot! This is about a lover who loves their significant other more than they ever loved them. There are a couple of people for me that this fits for, but I've learned to let them go. I think about them from time to time though.

"i used to fight so hard, and with everything in me, to hold onto you... to hold onto us. now i'm fighting with everything in me to let go of you, and to let go... of us"

"and if i'm honest, i don't believe you ever truly loved me you just got a little lonely at night, and you loved that i loved you"

"because you never think that the last time is the last time you think there will be more you think you have forever, but you don't"

The last quote is here as one of my favorites because it can go for anyone, not just a lover.

[Alexis Tuell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would like to preface that yes this is a poetry book BUT it pulled at my heart strings in such a "bigger than any of us" way. I cannot in good conscience give this book 5 stars tho, mostly because it's like half a book if that. but the emotions I was going through while reading this book could send me into cardiac arrest. Having loved someone in a way that left me feeling a lot of the things that were written in this book, gave me a lot of closure (while simultaneously making me relive the entire thing). This was a great way to process my emotions (and get a quick read in) and I recommend everyone read some of these books especially when you're feeling a lot of emotions.

[Zach Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book months back and read the first half. During this point I was definitely starting to fall for something that resembles love. For so long I didn’t have motivation to read the second half. It took losing it a little bit to finally gain motivation to read the second half. If you can’t relate it seems cheesy and like they’re hammering the point over and over, but god when you feel what they’re saying it hits you hard. Wish it didn’t have to hit me this hard.

[Gabrielle Leblanc · Rating 4 out of 5]

«When you lose the love of your life,
it doesn't matter if you're 17, 39 or 80
it's going to hurt for the rest of your life.»


«The reason why we can't let go
of someone is because
deep inside we still hope.»


«Because you never think
that the last time
is the last time
you think there
will be more
you think
you have forever,
but you don't.»

«If i’m communicating, i care
if i’m quiet, i’m done.»

[Rodrigo Calegari · Rating 2 out of 5]

You can say goodbye in a lot of ways, but not everything has to be beautiful written with feelings. Sometimes a simple god is better than a complex and empty sentence with many words.

Despite all that, there are some beautiful words. I highly recommend this book to anyone going through a painful breakup.

[Annika · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good but it wasn't great. It was a bunch of short quotes. Some of those really hit different though. They were short but sweet. The ones in the beginning were kind of cringey. "Stop being cute, you live too far away." But this is definitely a good book for anyone who is missing someone. There really was no healing at the end. This book was not a journey, it was just pain.

[Jordan Korol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dabbling back into poetry with this book after a long hiatus. Some of this is emotionless. Some of this is gut-wrenching. Most of it is typical instagram-quote post fodder. Overall, each page forces the reader to examine their own past breakups and fears in current or future relationships, for better or worse.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

simple mais efficace, c’est pas des poèmes laborieux mais bon c’est quand même relatable et puis un poème n’a pas besoin d’être super compliqué ou écrit à la baudelaire pour être aimé tbh sinon c’est juste être un hater🙏🏽(c’est aussi pour sa simplicité que j’mets 4 et pas 5)

[Wibke Heinemann · Rating 5 out of 5]

i should‘ve hugged you tighter
the last time i saw you

Yeah, I felt that. I felt that a lot.
Beautiful wording, speaks from the soul. Thank you for this piece, this sliver of understanding. I will always cherish and re-read it. *wiping tears away*

[Amber Hallisey · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the worst poetry books I’ve ever read. I know it’s terrible to say, but this was a waste of paper, considering over half of the things in here were copied from song lyrics and movie quotes.
NOT TO MENTION, the MANY typos.

[Victoria Perea · Rating 5 out of 5]

fun little read, sad.

[Neeta Kanani]

Nice book

[Ellie Whitehead · Rating 2 out of 5]

You shall have it.