I hope this reaches her in time

by R.H. Sin

you have a message from r.h. Sin

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, Feminism, Mental Health, Romance, Love, Self Help

72 pages, Paperback

First published November 19, 2017

Reviews

[Micah Francis · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had so much potential but it just fell flat for me. I felt there was too much change in POV. One minute the poem was about someone and in the next it was about the poet. The layout of the book had no flow and seemed to jump from one thought idea to the next and then back again. One page may be about pain the next about being healed and then the next about the healing process. I may try this book again, maybe it’s just not coinciding with my mood. This read, however, was a complete let down.

[Glitterbomb · Rating 5 out of 5]

broken girls
blossom into warriors


I love this collection. Every single piece said something to me. It was confrontational, and empowering, and is everything I need at this moment.

This is a collection for anyone who has been down trodden, and made to fell less than they are. Its full of affirmation and encouragement that you are stronger than you can imagine, and that you deserve to be you above all else.

Poetry is very personal. Some resonate, others don't. I can't tell you to read this. I cant tell you that you will love it. I can encourage you to read it, and make your own judgements though.

[Flo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yes. This book has reached me.

the girl who deserves the sun
is tired of being rained on

the girl you don't appreciate
will get tired of loving you

*

she made oceans
with her tears
she used the heartache
as motivation to build
the boat
in hopes of sailing
far away from everything
and everyone
who hurt her

*

girls like you have roses
inside of them
that are strong enough
to bloom through blizzards

And I'm not too glad it did.

I do appreciate the well-intentioned effort to empower women somehow but... To sum up my déjà vu: thoughts on these kinds of poetry collections in this review. One curious thing I didn't mention is that they all lack capitalization.

that's not working either


July 29, 18
* Also on my blog.

[Julia Sapphire · Rating 4 out of 5]

My personal favourites in this collection:

"Eventually the girl you took for granted will take her love and give it to herself and someday someone better than you will love her in all the ways you couldn't"

"This girl who deserves the sun is tired of being rained on the girl you don't appreciate will get tired of loving you"

"You should have loved her when she cared"

"One day you'll miss her one day you'll understand there will be nights filled with darkness and you will look"

"The pain you feel will be the same heartache you put her through and now you know you'll finally understand how much it hurts to want someone who doesn't want you"

"You were the emptiness I felt you were darkness consuming me you were the thing keeping me from happiness"

"I was the ocean you wanted rivers I was the moon you chased the stars"

"The years I spent losing myself while trying to keep you"

"You are more than just a body count you are more than just a conquest you are more than just a name on the list of hearts they took advantage of and even after it happens you will always be more than they deserved"

"I used to wonder to myself how could you ever love a man who barely made an effort but then I witnessed your father as he barely tried and with tears in your eyes you said you loved him your father taught you how to love men who reminded you of him"

"Foolish of me to believe that a dysfunctional family could function in a way that made me feel loved"

[Bobbieshiann · Rating 5 out of 5]

a quick read but i am glad i read it.
for awhile, i did not enjoy reading sin's work.
after reading reading 4 or his books i only enjoyed
2 (Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel I & Rest in the Mourning)
until today.

i think this book called out lovers on their bullshit
and pointed out their own shortcomings.
how we give so much and have nothing to show for it
but sadness and self-doubt all because we wanted to find
a home in someone else.

"i wish your desire to be happy somehow outweighed
your tolerance for the heartache they've caused you".

[Myricae ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ombre di poesia e di guarigione, per chi sta seduto a cercare la propria anima che si muove e che avanza, che si dibatte imbrigliata fra fili di musica e amore dilaniato, corrotto, rubato...

E magari non è niente di originale, niente che valga la pena conservare in qualche scaffale; però è un giusto regalo da porgeee a chi ancora non ha capito, che da solo vale più di mille stelle accese; accese come Venere, solitario, in mezzo al mare del firmamento 🌒

[Raine McLeod · Rating 1 out of 5]

A couple of phrases in this book were well-said, but the rest of it read like a moody teen who decided to publish her diary. I didn’t realize until the end that this particular book was written by a moody grown man (one who doesn’t know the difference between its and it’s, but I digress). It was not good.

The numbers “121914” are not a poem. Neither is “1:11...” and I’m getting really tired of ~flowery~ short sentences being passed off as poetry.

Also, ocean and moon metaphors belong to women, not men. Ugh.

[Ruby · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm pretty disappointed. This book is everything classic poet lovers stereotype contemporary poetry as. Very cliche, didn't make sense at times, and had no flow altogether as a whole. It has the ambiance of being written by a middle schooler who just discovered The Smiths and saw her ex-boyfriend of 2 weeks sharing chicken fingers with her gym class enemy.

[Daniella · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great collection for 99 cents???

Very much tailored for girls post break up so if that's not your situation, it will be tiresome. It was a bit much at times in the sense of "you missed out on a great girl!!! let's describe how great she is!!". But for the price and for the page length I think it did what it was trying to do.

[JoAnna Griffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short and too simple

Way too short and more on a very young woman’s level. Heard all the sentiments in the poetry before in much more creative ways.

[iana · Rating 4 out of 5]

someday your soul will no longer linger
in places where pain exist

—

This poetry collection by far is my favourite one out of all R.H. Sin's works. The thing I loved most about it was the depth. Sure, it could have passed as some simple post from Tumblr (as is usual in some of his pieces, to be honest), but I found that I didn't mind that as much. The collection talked about love, heartache, self-love and everything that comes with those things.

i was the ocean
you wanted rivers
i was the moon
you chased the stars

This one had so much more of a poetic feeling to it. I was actually surprised, considering R.H. Sin has a thing for random, quite pointless line breaks.

it’s almost as if
her soul is a pack of wolves
she’s brave, she’s strong
she’s unstoppable

It was also empowering and meaningful, as expected of Sin.

girls like you have roses
inside of them
that are strong enough
to bloom through blizzards

Initially, I rated this 4 stars when I wrote this in as RTC but now, I'd forgotten why I didn't go for a full five, and I'm willing to overlook that because I only remember how touching this was to read. There's nothing else for me to say, really. Just that it was remarkable.

the clouds dance around each other
like lovers avoiding the truth

[jules ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ · Rating 2 out of 5]

mediocre writing

[سهى · Rating 2 out of 5]

she made oceans
with her tears
she used the heartache
as motivation to build
the boat
in hopes of sailing
far away from everything
and everyone
who hurt her
******************************
your father
the first man you knew
the first man you’d love
one half of the reason why
you grew up so hard
so young and yet
your heart began to ache
breaking into a million pieces
as you alone would learn
to pick yourself up
your father
the first man to disappoint you
the first man to let you down
the first man to cause you
to lower your expectations
he loved you, yes
but i guess not enough
to protect you
while you loved him enough
to look past his failures
you’d go on to accept
his half ass efforts to love you
you’d go on to accept men
and their half ass efforts to love you

your father
only present just enough
for you to feel like you mattered
your lovers
only present enough
to fool you into thinking they cared
i used to wonder to myself
how could you ever love a man
who barely made an effort
but then i witnessed your father
as he barely tried
and with tears in your eyes
you said you loved him
your father taught you
how to love men
who reminded you of him

[Majo Alas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually really enjoyed these

[beyza · Rating 1 out of 5]

nothing annoys me more than the existence of highly repetitive “poetry” that should have been better if posted and stayed on tumblr

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is collection of poems that I want to gift to so many women, all over the world; friends, family members and strangers. Because who hasn’t felt like this? Who hasn’t been left feeling broken after a relationship has ended? Who hasn’t been disappointed by someone who was meant to love them unconditionally? It’s a universal feeling, and Sin encapsulates it so beautifully in just 72 pages. I’m (thankfully) no longer in a place where these poems really hit home for me, but I’d strongly recommend any woman to read it. Know your self-worth.

[samihah ★ · Rating 1 out of 5]

.......can i give this zero stars

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection of “poetry” is emblematic of the worst of the millennial tumblr definition of poetry. Which is to say, there are entire pages of a single four/five word line that trees had to be sacrificed for. These are not profound lines either, they are simply taking up space to elongate what should have been a short 36 page collection. I have not counted, but the one-to-three line pages are surely enough to double the length of the collection to its 72 page count (and by the way, the final few pages are blank).

Moreover, the premise of this poetry collection seems to be nothing more than Nice Guy Wants Girl Who Loves “Bad Boys.” Literally. The whole “she doesn’t see me but she loves the wrong person” is the entire point of this whole collection of misguided poetry.

The author goes a step further and introduces daddy issues to the girl(s) in question near the end. Also, a line seems to imply molestation. Basically, the author is looking for any excuse as to why this girl doesn’t love him, beside the obvious “she’s just not that into you, bro.”

Two pros for this collection (hence the two star rating):

1. A very easy and very quick read.

2. There are a few pages of decent poetry.

That’s it. The collection cost me less than $4 dollars on Amazon; I do not feel robbed. However, I do not find this book worthy of praise in any fashion. Being that this is my only exposure to this author, I have no plans to pursue any other of his works.

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 4 out of 5]

'you, reading this

your eyes dancing

on this page

you, the one who knows

how it feels

to have their heart

racing out of their chest

overrun with anxiety

desperate for relief

it is you who wants to be loved

understood for everything that you are

it is you, the one reading this

the one who is close to tears

so close to breaking

it is you who will save yourself

because this is what you’ve always done

because you are strong enough

to do so'

Damn you, Reuben. You even write about the one who is reading your work.
And how right you are!

This one is one if his short poetry collections ever. I wanted more.
As usual, he is talking about love, hurt and all that stupid realistic stuff which I can only feel but I really don't know if others feel that too.

I would like to say that not all women are hurt. Not all women need to stay strong. Not all women needs constant attention. But bleh, I am a romantic!
Give it all to me💯

[maria eileen🧸 · Rating 4 out of 5]

You’ve fallen for someone who will never be able to be brave enough to fall for you

This book had a lot of potential. Originally, I was going to give this four stars, but thinking about it more and more, the book wasn’t as memorable as I would have liked, so overall I am going to give it 3.5/5 stars.

I really enjoyed the poems and the book itself, but the book wasn’t memorable and I think that’s because it was a bit too simple. I think R.H Sin’s goal was to empower women and empathize with bad experiences in relationships, but it was very unpredictable in the sense that I loved some but thought others were just okay.

Poetry is either a hit and miss, so if this book resonated with you, that’s awesome, but this book just missed its mark with me. Overall, this was a one-sitting read, and I am glad I took the time to give it a go.

3.5 ⭐️

[Jade Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every time I read poetry written by R.H. Sin, I remember why he is one of my favorite writers.
His words are intoxicating but in a way that brightens my soul instead of darkening it.

I don't read poetry often enough.

For me, it is one of the most cleansing things I can read. It touches old wounds, but it also empowers me to heal.

R.H Sin is an incredible writer and even if you don't like poetry you should try reading some of his work. I guarantee you will relate to it more than you think you will.

I needed this.

[Dali Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loveeeeed it

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I resolved to add more poetry to my reading list in 2018, so I picked this one up. Some interesting short lines would make for a good moody Instagram post, but as a poetry collection it fell flat for me.

Maybe something just rubs me the wrong way about a man projecting feelings on a woman, especially about a failed relationship. It did not resonate with me.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was way too short to rate properly so it’s around 3-4.

[Freesiab BookishReview · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find eating poetry very hard. This was a deal on Amazon Unlimited. I enjoyed most of it. It seemed to relate to my personal space currently. Worth checking out.

[Jo · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know poetry is highly subjective but this just seemed like derivative, juvenile nonsense to me. Like Rupi Kaur but much worse.

[holl · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am usually a fan of this Rupi Kaur style, contemporary poetry. I had huge hopes for it, I loved the title and I wanted it resonate with me as previous poetry I’ve read has done, where I go back to it yearning for the life lessons the words fed me. However, it did massively disappoint. Overall, the structure of the poems were set up in was incoherent and lacked flow - the poetry seemed shoved in and even rushed at times - like they had pages to fill so resorted to numbers (‘1:11’ - What is the context behind that?) I will give it some credit (hence the 1 star), as about three of the poems were interesting and I could relate to them. Ultimately though, if you’re searching for a beautiful poetry collection that will move you and force you to come back to read it time and time again, I’d recommend you look elsewhere.

[TP ਏਓ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5⭐️

[sim ౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good, quick read. I enjoyed it overall but definitely didn't give me the feels I was hoping I would get.