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Summary
From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The first three sections piece together the life of the author while the final section serves as a note to the reader. This moving book explores love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspiration.
the princess saves herself in this one is the first book in the “women are some kind of magic” series
-From Amazon.com
Review
I was recently recommended this book by a friend of mine, and whenever I get a recommendation, I immediately check it out. I may not be into the book, but sometimes you find interesting recommendations and it’s sometimes fun to see what people around you are enjoying!
This book was definitely not something I would generally pick up. They were short little poems on the pages that constituted as stories. Some were pretty deep and I definitely connected to them but honestly the book was just super depressing. It was, to me, about a woman’s struggle and about some things she may face – heart break, abuse, family problems. And to me, it was just…sad.
I generally read to escape, not to have a heavy ready. I mean, this didn’t exactly take long. I spend 30 minutes for 2 nights and read the whole books. It’s a lot of white space on the pages.
In all honesty I didn’t like it, just because of how heavy it was. But the writing was creative and the little stories/poems, even though they were short, were super powerful. Like, really powerful.
I’d still give it a 3/5 teacups because while it is not my kind of book, at all, it was very well written and creative in how it was presented. If you like those kind of heavier reads, then this is definitely worth checking out. I know that it got quite a lot of support and people really enjoyed it. I just wasn’t in the frame of mind to really read it. I also went into it not knowing what it was about and that threw me off.
If you’ve read it, I am curious what you think about it, because I know this kind of short poem writing still is a new thing since Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur came out a while ago. They were a thing before, but they became much more popular after the release of that book.
I may check this book out again when I’m looking for a heavier read (as I sometimes go through phases of liking something more deep), but at this moment, it wasn’t my cup of tea.
But I’m definitely curious to see what everyone else thought about it!
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