Ice Cream And Suicide

by Jack Ray

A collection of poetry focusing on the hardships that come with shattered relationships, the feelings that bloom in love lost, and the experiences of finding closure. Ice Cream And Suicide is a personal look at the events that have scarred and inspired the author to begin poetry. The woman who Ray writes about has not one name, but many. The collection truly captures the dark side of love and is proof that words can kill just as bullets or hand grenades.

Genres: Poetry

155 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 5, 2017

Reviews

[Jessi ❤️ H. Vojsk [if villain, why hot?] · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you were the water and I the boat,
Would we sink or stay afloat?
You'd likely snatch me down,
Laugh and watch me drown.
Then send me to the floor,
Where I'd stay forevermore.
With everything I'd leave behind,
There'd be one thing on my mind.
If you were the water and I the boat,
Would we sink or stay afloat?

[Booked 📚 · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was really bad - cringe-worthy.
The poems were largely very poorly written. Many pieces felt rather forced and contorted, using odd words (not consistent with author style) so that the author could maintain rhyming schemes.
It was very “feeling sorry for myself”, pouty, obsessive, petty, and very desperate sounding to an annoying degree.
I get poetry about lost loves, angry break up, or heartbreak, but this was just bad. Some “poems” read like 4th grade valentines you’d find in a memory box and laugh at while internally cringing at the thought.

[Leah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not the biggest fan of modern poetry, but this was far more lackluster than usual. Probably because it was all on one topic (heartbreak) and seemingly around a singular relationship.

There's just no growth for the author here since they chose to stay stuck in this topic from page one to the very end.

[Krista · Rating 2 out of 5]

A student who normally comes in to borrow poetry bought this one and lent it to me. It's not really my cup of tea though, especially in comparison to some of the other current poetry out there. Most of the poems seem fixated on the speaker's obsession with a love who did him wrong-- and don't get me wrong, poetry can be a lovely medium for those emotions! -- but I can't find anything redeeming in them, nothing that shows growth of any kind on behalf of the speaker. I almost feel like this could fuel more people's anger in a broken relationship rather than help heal, but that's just my perspective.

[Lizzie Shestopal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wouldn't call it poetry, just sad guy's "word salad" about the relationships.

[Sina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some poems are really great and well written. And I like the titles the author gave each poem. But all in all I just didn't like how all the poems seem to be about that one relationship and how the ex did him wrong.

I usually really love these modern poetry books - in my opinion this one is not as good as the others I've read so far.

[Jason]

don’t know what to rate it
but it was a very good one, but i couldn’t relate that much since i never been in a relationship like that.
that why no rating.

[Petra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cringe

[Abril Bullrich · Rating 1 out of 5]

que cringe que me dio leer este libro, lo único bueno que saqué es que si alguien publicó esto entonces talvez yo puedo publicar algo algún día

[Yonairy Mendoza · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book Ice cream and Suicide by Jack Ray was such an emotional book for me.I actually cried while reading some of the poems, I can somehow relate to them.The emotion in this book was so real, I felt like i was in the authors shoes writing the book.Even though the book is about love and im only 14, I haven't gone through love part of life yet as the author has but I felt like I was apart of the book.The book felt like it was made for me and me only.Ice cream and Suicide has really expanded my love for poetry books and poetry in general.I used to hate poetry but now my love for poetry has increased, I am looking forward to reading more of Jack Ray’s books.I read this book in less than an hour, I don't usually read books in less than an hour, they take me weeks to read which I need to work on.Something that I love about this book is that it gives motivational poems which will help someone who is going through some hard times in life.The quotes are very strong not physically strong but connection strong, if that makes sense.The title of the book caught my eye, I absolutely love dark books that have to deal with death, suicide and more, they are my favorite kind of books.Those kinds of books bring some kind of happiness and also sadness at the same time.Happy because I love those books and something else that I cannot explain but Sadness because they are sad and they bring a sad vibe the majority of the time.For some people the book would be very painful and hard to read because of the topic of the book.The book is majorly talking about the hardships that come from shattered relationships.When I read the bio of the book it interest me that this shattered relationship inspired the author to begin poetry.

[Kimmylongtime · Rating 5 out of 5]

We all like to make sure this never happens but love is crazy sometimes.

Best line in the book to me was !!!

I will never be Someone’s backup plan.

[Jimmy · Rating 1 out of 5]

My current order of preference:

1. Ice Cream
2. Suicide
3. Re-reading these poems.

[Nellie Nikole · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kinda made me wanna throw up.

[Loveleen Sandhu · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cringe. Hated it.

[seher]

i'm so sorry, but i really didn't like it. underwhelming.

[InkFiCTi · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5, I felt the writing was terrible and that even though she's the bad guy it's hard not to feel sorry for her, and really hard to feel sorry for him. Maybe it was just me but the way he talked about her just did not grind my gears the right way. You could tell with the writing he was being insecure and jealous and just kinda doing alot of self pitying, like he also did nothing wrong in the relationship ever. I'm sorry if this was harsh and I'm sure the author isn't actually like that, it's just thats what it convays through the writing. And the only reason it got 1.5 and not 1 was because I did like at least two poems. But I was absolutely revolted by the one about her being raped, he basically said in that poem that he felt that it never would have happend to her if she didn't break up with him. Because if she didn't break up with him he would have been there to protect her. Like that isn't how that works. Stop trying to victim blame her. Sorry this is the harshest I think I've ever been about any book, but I just couldn't handle this.

[H · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really liked some of the titles the author gave the poems but I didn't like most of them. There were some really great ones, but sadly more that I didn't like. All the poems were centered around this one ex and by time it got tiring.
So sadly only two stars. (Expected this to be at least 4😭)

[Megan Lewellyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

my first 1 star on this app and here's why..

it's not even poetry?! it tweets in a book and it makes me sick that there are better poetry that could be published than this.

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of poetry, however this just didn't do it for me. It also seemed to be mostly focused on one topic and it wasn't very entertaining.

[comrade mum · Rating 2 out of 5]

If r.h. sin was a teenage “nice guy” unable to hide his disdain for women behind the simplicity of his vocabulary, he would still write a better book than this.

[Suzume K.S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, si siguen mis lecturas y reseñas sabrán que ya he leído unos cuántos poemarios desde hace un año. No sabría decir si por haber leído varios libros modernos de poesía no disfruté este, o si estoy muy biased, muy enamorada de los que escribe Rupi Kaur, que cualquier otra cosa siento que no llega a su altura. No lo sé, realmente, por lo que no deben tomar mi opinión como si fuera objetiva. Pero este poemario no me gustó.

En un inicio me pareció llamativo por su titulo y portada, y los demás que he leído me han parecido buenos, así que quise leer este también. En mi reseña de 2am Thoughts dije que no sabía si era cosa mía eso de que todos los poemas parecían ser sobre el mismo tema: Amor, desamor, superación, o no. Aquí, en Ice Cream and Suicide, puedo decir que en verdad cada uno de los poemas iban sobre eso. Que la ex lo destrozó, que le hizo daño, que es mala persona, mala, muy mala, malísima, Dios, pero qué ser tan malo. Pero la extraña, mucho, demasiado, ¿qué podrían haber sido si no se hubiesen separado? Pero la va a superar. O eso intenta. O no, tal vez sí quiere volver con ella. Aunque sea mala. Un súcubo. Mala, mala.

Para mí ese es el resumen de este libro.

A veces me gusta leer poemarios porque son rápidos de leer y así paso mejor mi bloqueo lector. Este libro me lo empeoró, terminé de leerlo semanas después de empezarlo, pese a ser bastante corto. No es como lo que me ocurrió con la Antología poética de Benedetti, que tardé tanto leyéndola porque me tomaba mi tiempo para apreciar debidamente cada poema (aparte, era muy larga). Aquí veía este libro y de inmediato me daba flojera continuar con la lectura, porque ya sabía qué iba a leer en el siguiente poema, y en el siguiente, y el siguiente a ese.

Siendo justa con el libro, tiene poemas bonitos, buenos títulos también, pero cuando ya leíste veinte poemas sobre lo mismo... cansa.

¿Lo recomiendo? No, pero tampoco deberían quedarse con mi opinión nada más. El libro también tiene reseñas buenas, por lo que puede que, a diferencia de mí, sí les gusten los poemas de Jack Ray. Si me lo preguntan a mí, creo que por ahora no le daré otra oportunidad a este autor, ya he leído suficiente.

[Trina Branella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetry book on shelf at end of hall way. Easy access. Definately a go to!

[ikky · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Left me devoted to your love while you weighed our probability. All the times we never shared because you just think too much.”

[Ness Skye ❦]

don’t know how to rate this one tbh. couldn’t really relate to the poetry in here - or maybe i’m just not sad enough 🤨😬

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe I’m just not sad enough to love this one LOL

[Zaylie Guy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these types of books 🫶🏻

[Kendra Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book. I bought this during a hard time in my life, and reading this helped me more than I think anyone realized.
True raw emotions come through these pages

[Myka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy these short raw poetry books, Jack Rays wasn't just about one thing. Some of the poems shared the feeling of heartbreak, being left but some also shared the feeling of love. The author incorporated both sides, for how either person was feeling. A lot of his lines are very touching as well, the author very clearly but a lot of thought and work into each page he wrote. One of my favorite poems is Life In The Cage on page 34

Hook me by your tongue
Whisper in my ear that
you love me
Shackle the chain
Around my heel
And tell me that
We'll be happy
Together forever
As you prepare
My collar and muzzle.

The author writes raw, he is dedicated to his words and I believe everyone should read this book, some of the poems and some of the lines are very hard to read because of the emotion behind them

[Elliot Ross · Rating 1 out of 5]

Feeling but dull

There’s definitely someone who feels things behind these pages. The delivery is unfortunately uninspired. But, I can see others have gotten something out of this, so if you’re a fan of instagram picture quotes, give this a whitl.

[Raven · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seemed to be a very flat, static, and basic portrayal of heartbreak. Nothing stood out for me and in fact it was a least favorite read of the year for me. There are much better modern poetry picks out there for break-up woes