[ARC Review] the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

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Let's start this off by stating what may soon become obvious: technically speaking, I don't understand poetry. I don't know much about the different structures or techniques. The only thing I understand is when poetry moves me, though I can't intelligently tell you why. It's why I like reading the lyrics to songs, and why I burst into tears when I first listened to this. The title - the princess saves herself in this one - immediately grabbed my attention. My first ever blog had a similar sentence as its tagline. I don't usually read poetry collections, but I wanted to read this one.

It's a difficult book to review as usual. Not only because I have no preference for a particular structure of poetry and so has no criticism or observation to offer in that area, but also because the poems feel so raw and personal. I can't criticise her writing. Some of them struck a deep chord with me, some of them didn't. There are some that I would love to share, because I think a lot of people should hear them. Overall, I'm awed by the bravery it takes to bleed your heart out onto the pages like Lovelace has done here. By the time I reached 'the queen' part of the book, I was absolutely rooting for her.

I think there are girls out there who should read this collection and who would see themselves in it, if not parts of it. As for me, I probably won't go out of my way to read more poetry in this form, but I appreciated having read this book.



Reading this book contributes to the following challenges:
❥ Goodreads Challenge