Christabelle Marbun

*I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.*

Hello Fellow Reader,

Just a quick review today, but this book was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. It starts with a bit of darkness and hurt, but ends on a more positive note. In case you didn't know I tend to rate poetry reads by the emotional responses the poetry gives me. If I was younger I think Marbun's poetry would have hit a little harder. As a 35-year-old woman, angst just doesn't hit as hard.

Overall, I did enjoy the poetry.… (altro)

Thank you, NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing, for the chance to read and review this ARC!

The concept behind Christabelle Marbun's poetry collection is pretty good, and the book started off on a promising note! So it was rather disappointing to see that it wasn't s carried through properly. The first part of the book was easily the best. The idea of slowly falling in love with Death was pretty cool. Of course, it is slightly dark because Death wins over life in the end. Please remember to keep the trigger warnings in mind when reading this book.

The rest of the book was unmemorable; this review would be a half-star higher if it had never been there.

I can see many of these poems doing well on Tumblr or Instagram, but as a book, the author should have edited out her pieces and kept ones that fit better.… (altro)