The Missing

Salt Modern Poets

by Siân Hughes

Book by Hughes, Sian

Genres: Poetry

53 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 2009

Reviews

[Elidor Stratton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was given to me by a dear friend and I will always be greatful for his kindness in giving me such a wonderful present.
Sian Hughes is an amazing poet. This book of poems is real and very moving and is about a life lived and felt to the core. Read cover-to-cover it tells a story so real and so full of truth it sings from every page. If you love poetry as much as I do please I beg you read her work!

[Ellie (bookmadbarlow) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first proper poetry collection I have read, so rating this is difficult. I felt that some of the poems really spoke to me and were really emotive, whereas others I didn't connect with at all.
I think it is a book that needs to be reread on occasions to understand fully each one.
The collection covers big themes including death, parenting and relationships so may be triggering for some people.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were some lines or sets of lines in individual poems that made me stop in my tracks and ones that I really liked, but none of the poems particularly worked for me as a whole and I thought it was a busy, disjointed collection. I think it's just a case of this not being the style of poetry for me and me not enjoying the reading experience as a result.

[Lindsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sian was my creative writing tutor at Oxford. A wonderful teacher, I had no idea how talented a poet she was until I read her collection. Moving, heartbreaking, and unflinchingly honest, it is a book that stays with you.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection. Not all the poems spoke to me but I found myself deeply moved by most of them. A book I will be coming back to savour on a regular basis.

[S.B. Wright]

Review forthcoming