you're still in my passenger seat...and other ghost stories

by Maddie McGlinchey

You're Still in my Passenger Seat, and Other Ghost Stories is Maddie McGlinchey's debut poetry collection. The collection delves into love in three phases, divided into a chapter for each. Through her poetry, readers will embark on the journey from infatuation, to love, to heartbreak as McGlinchey walks them through her experiences with all three. Sometimes love can feel like a ghost story, always haunting, always just out of reach — sometimes love, and heartache, lingers in your passenger seat.

Genres: Poetry

90 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2020

Reviews

[Celine Walde · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of poems and stories left me speechless. I actually cried after reading it because i felt so many emotions at once. This was so beautiful written. So heartfelt and honest. I fell in love with this book.

[Caitlin Conlon]

Maddie McGlinchey's "you're still in my passenger seat...and other ghost stories" is an intimate diary of longing and heartbreak. McGlinchey writes candidly about the inner-workings of want, a desire that fuels to the point of destruction. These poems pick up the shattered pieces of old love and reassemble them into something that looks like healing and growth, for both the primary speaker and readers. Through expert story-telling and powerful emotion, "you're still in my passenger seat...and other ghost stories" calls to those that have been burned by their hearts and are ready to reclaim them. To those that have chosen to feel it all, regardless.

[Lauren Poole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maddie McGlinchey’s debut collection, ‘You’re Still in My Passenger Seat...and Other Ghost Stories’, is a stunningly honest and raw exploration of love, heartbreak, and healing. Each and every poem in this book will stop your heart in its tracks, as the poet questions the many different directions and pit stops and destinations of love. McGlinchey’s style is at once lush and accessible: her imagery is so vivid that the reader finds themselves in the passenger seat, witnessing first-hand an exorcism of years’ worth of ghosts. Driven by an undeniable undercurrent of hope, this book is an urgent, full-speed navigation through the trials and tribulations of sexuality and discovery, as the poet re-routes and re-writes her own narrative in a searing display of resilience and strength. McGlinchey is an immensely talented poet, and her first collection is a must-read.

[ingrid · Rating 4 out of 5]

i remember this line vividly: what scares me? heights / or rather falling.

[4.5 stars / 5 ] by following maddie on instagram @mgm.poetry, i have seen her writing/ style develop so much since this book first came out. but i don't regret buying this book when i could relate to so many beautiful lines and thought-provoking poems!

[Elsa Gomes (BookishAurora) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished 𝓎ℴ𝓊'𝓇ℯ 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈ℯ𝓃ℊℯ𝓇 𝓈ℯ𝒶𝓉 this past sunday! I’ve been so busy this month with arcs and other things that I’ve barely read any poetry but I’m glad I finally got a chance to finish this one.⁣
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It was a good read, the poems are very centered on heartbreak and learning someone’s true colors and how they happy bubble you lived in was happy because you overlooked a lot of things. ⁣
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The poems were emotional, heartbreaking. You could feel and understand the author’s pain. She had an amazing capability to express her feelings and what was going on in her mind. And it was incredible to read them, no matter how sad they might be.⁣
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I really enjoyed this read!⁣

[Ayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maddies debut poetry collection ‘you’re still in my passenger seat’…and other ghost stories was a book I finished in a day as I couldn’t put it down. I loved the way maddie is able to make the reader feel like they are right there with her as she goes through everything from heartbreak to healing. It is and intimate and honest collection of poetry. Thoroughly enjoyed this read and can’t wait for a second collection by her, which I’m sure will come!

[Shannon O'Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay ouch. This book honestly hit way too close to home at some points. It was beautifully written and all too relatable for me. The poems mainly focused on heartbreak and a lot of self reflection. It made me feel nostalgic, it made me sad, it made me feel a lot of things. I really loved this collection.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this collection. It really explores love, heartbreak, and healing in such a soft way. Maddies words are almost comforting even during the heartbreaking and upsetting poems that really pull on your heart strings. The poems come across honest and emotional.

A really wonderful perspective on love and lost love.

[Samantha Nimmo · Rating 5 out of 5]

"you're still in my passenger seat...and other ghost stories" is a tender, emotional, honest portrayal of heartache, love and healing. Maddie McGlinchey's poems are as haunting as they are beautiful, encouraging readers to exorcise their ghosts and reclaim their hearts. There is something in here for everyone and I highly recommend this collection.

[Amber Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have fallen in love with this book and have already read it over and over. The poems are beautiful and touch upon so many different aspects of love, loss and heartbreak. The emotions shared are so honest and raw you can feel that so much heart and soul has been poured into these pages. One of my favourite poetry books!

[Shivani Manohar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maddie McGlinchey’s debut poetry collection tackles love and heartbreak in three phases - each laced with the same intricacy and lucidity. McGlinchey’s writing is authentic, gut-wrenching and uplifting all at once and her words highlight the nuances of the human heart with unfaltering precision. Highly recommended!

[Melissa Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

They were ok.

[Jona · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never had a book (or a poet) speak to me on such a deep level. The author writes about love, heartbreak and healing in such a beautiful way, I will always recommend!