I did find a few nuggets of poetry that I really loved, but overall, I could not always connect with the love letter the author wrote to her younger self and to her readers, even though all the themes tackled by the collection echoed some point of my own history. So although the subject is touching and deeply personal and I can appreciate the way the author shares the wisdom of her journey, it did feel a bit overdone to me. I felt that this collection lacked the poetry I thought it would have this felt more like a collection of advice written in a self-help, self-love, healing diary. What makes the difference for me is the number of poems that speak to me personally and the poetic form itself.
I look forward to reading more in the future.Ī lot of poetry books deal with the same subject nowadays, and it’s very easy to sound repetitive or unoriginal when your readers enjoy reading that sort of poetry. Another really good collection of poetry. I loved how Hancock moves away from writing poems about ex partners and moved towards self worth and all that it entails. Some of my favourite sections were Justice and The Devil and two of my favourite poems were the recovery of a teenage girl and do as I say, not as I do. Each book becomes a small window into their lives. I am once again in awe of how personal poets like Hancock are in their published works. This is a truly uplifting collection that focuses of the self - journeying through the peaks, valleys, and plateaus that lead to accepting ourselves completely.
Hancock had my crying in the first 15% of the book. I thought that the format of the book was really good with all the poems being inspired by a different tarot card.
This is my third book of Catarine Hancock (my favourite being Shades of Lovers) and this one is such a beautiful read. Firstly I'd like to thank Netgalley and Central Avenue Publishing for an eARC for an honest review.
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