permission to feel

by Karlee Rose North

This book is a collection of poetry that walks you through heartache, mental health, tears, smiles, laughter, and a countless array of emotions. It shows you that emotions are okay, and you can feel what you need to feel. The interactive pages in this book are designed to help you dig deeper, and learn how to be okay with not being okay.

Genres: Poetry, Self Help

Unknown Binding

Reviews

[maité · Rating 4 out of 5]

a safe space to think, feel and write about your feelings.
the interactive part suprised me but it was very nice.

[Kayla Rae · Rating 1 out of 5]

It’s unpolished. I hope her newer works are better

[Ghiselle · Rating 4 out of 5]

"in a world full of chaos,
be calm.
in a world full of hate,
love.
in a world full of doubt,
have courage.
in a world as challenging as this,
you must be brave,
curious,
authentic,
you.
because
how can we live in a world without a little hope?"

[Alexa_tauli · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poems felt more like stream of consciousness that were later published without a second thought. After the first ten the motives started repeating themselves, I would have loved the author to have sat with their emotions for longer and actually make interesting observations. Further it would have been nice if she would have had tried to make it rhyme at least once.
Regardless every single poem to me was a skipper except one and even that one would have bin kid in an actually good poetry collection.

[Emily Ashlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was scrolling through tiktok, I had discovered that another queer poet, Karlee Rose North. I automatically had to reach out and in that reaching out, we discussed Emily Dickinson!! Anyways, I ordered the book and the snow in SC pushed the arrival date back but thankfully I got it today and finished it almost instantly. There were a lot of tears and smiles and overall a safe space! I cannot wait to see what else she has in the works and so far this book is my fave book of 2022!

[Manon · Rating 4 out of 5]

“It’s okay to cry. Everything needs water to grow after all.”

[misha · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is difficult to judge someone’s poetry because I’m sure the author put all of her heart in it. Some poems were really nice and had good rhymes but I prefer poems with images, comparisons, metaphors, play of words and of rhythm… Some poems felt a little hollow to me, I insist on “to me” because they evidently meant something to their author but just didn’t really speak to me.

[rosanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is like heart warming and I love how the author puts pages to write in yourself to tell yourself that everything is ok and the poems they wrote are amazing

[Lizzy Seitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 out of 5 stars

beautiful poetry, the interacting with myself though was hard and unexpected, but welcomed.

[Ismay · Rating 2 out of 5]

not worth £7

[a! 🌺 · Rating 5 out of 5]

“when i think of younger me, i want nothing more than to hug her and tell her everything will be okay.”

[C. Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt as though the writer was writing about my life and feelings. I loved it.

[zoë ⋆.˚⋆✮⋆.˚ · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyed the book & how you can interact with it however it was very short & had poor grammar. other than that i enjoyed the poems written

[Addy · Rating 2 out of 5]

these poems are almost identical to the ones i published on wattpad in the seventh grade when i thought i was so deep and cool

[Haviva Aldridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was good, had some super cringe bits… but it’s poetry about feeling so obviously! But it was cathartic to draw in and around!

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

good book but didn’t live up to tik tok hype :/

[James Shipma · Rating 2 out of 5]

a recommendation from a friend, it was fine (am i expecting too much from poetry??? i am frightened)

[Madison Briesacher · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good one to read a page from a day, a section a day, or the whole thing. Full of quotes to reassure, to guide, and to acknowledge things!