chloemills's review
2.0
The Voice of My Mind is just that, the author's thoughts given a flourish in a poetic format. Unfortunately, this one wasn't for me, while I tried to connect with the poems and their depth I was thrown off by the rhyming pattern which at times seemed quite random and stopped me from fully appreciating what the author was trying to say.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.
kristinasshelves's review
2.0
Based on the description and the author describing himself as a Christian writer, I wanted to love this collection. Describing this collection as avant-hard is inaccurate, as nothing included in this poetry felt fresh or evocative. The rhyme structuring is very straight forward and pedestrian at best. A few of the poems were decent, but overall I will not remember reading this at the end of the year.
Thank you to Netgalley for supplying a free PDF of this book for review.
Thank you to Netgalley for supplying a free PDF of this book for review.
anacarter's review
3.0
I've always wanted to like poetry.. not sure why I keep trying tbh
The Voice of My Mind was actually not bad, but it wasn't great.
2.5 stars, since I liked some of the poems
The Voice of My Mind was actually not bad, but it wasn't great.
2.5 stars, since I liked some of the poems
bookrokosmos's review
1.0
Thank you netgalley for the advanced readers copy for this book in exchange for an honest review.
This....... it ain’t it chief.
I went into this book looking for a well written poetry book but what i got was a mediocre poetry collection.
The writing wasn’t good. It felt like the author was just focused more on rhyming than the actual flow of the poems. Like in most of the poems one line would make complete sense and i liked but then in the next i would be like what???
As a Christian I did like that most poems talked about God. But that’s the only thing i actually liked.
I personally would not recommend..
This....... it ain’t it chief.
I went into this book looking for a well written poetry book but what i got was a mediocre poetry collection.
The writing wasn’t good. It felt like the author was just focused more on rhyming than the actual flow of the poems. Like in most of the poems one line would make complete sense and i liked but then in the next i would be like what???
As a Christian I did like that most poems talked about God. But that’s the only thing i actually liked.
I personally would not recommend..
caterina's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
1.0
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC!
This collection transitions from shallow, sad poetry to trite Christian poetry. It reminds me of creative writing classes in middle school, down to the unnecessary commas and clumsy rhyming. I cannot recommend this book.
1/5 stars.
This collection transitions from shallow, sad poetry to trite Christian poetry. It reminds me of creative writing classes in middle school, down to the unnecessary commas and clumsy rhyming. I cannot recommend this book.
1/5 stars.
san_'s review
3.0
This book should have been under the tag Christian poetry not poetry,because that's what I thought it was.
Some poems were nice,some I didn't understand and some I was like ahhh. Never the less a good effort by the author,did read like a genuine voice of a mind.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing the book in exchange for honest review.
Some poems were nice,some I didn't understand and some I was like ahhh. Never the less a good effort by the author,did read like a genuine voice of a mind.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing the book in exchange for honest review.
stephbookshine's review
2.0
*I received a free ARC of this book, with thanks to the author and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
I would hesitate to describe the content of this collection of poetry as ‘avant-garde’, as listed in the blurb. Instead I would say that it was heavily reliant on traditional forms, such as prayers, psalms or greeting card verses.
There is a strong Christian theme to many of the poems in the collection, following generic themes of God, Christ and faith, rather than specific exploration of the author’s relationship with his beliefs. In fact, the lack of concrete and specific details is a stylistic omission that runs throughout the collection; leaving the emotions and ideas vague and lacking in depth.
The author’s choice of irregular patterns of rhythm and rhyme for many of the poems – writing in free verse style – could be considered avant-garde, but there is a heavy reliance on clichés, rhetorical questions and non sequiturs that weights the overall impression back towards the old from the new. Those poems that do follow more traditional rhyming schemes seem to sacrifice the meaning of the words in order to force the rhymes.
I feel that the main benefit of this text is that a number of the poems make nice standard prayers that can be used for personal or public worship purposes. However, aside from the religious aspect, I look to poetry to touch my heart and/or move me to strong emotions, which unfortunately this collection fails to do.
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/the-voice-of-my-mind-t-a-fish/
I would hesitate to describe the content of this collection of poetry as ‘avant-garde’, as listed in the blurb. Instead I would say that it was heavily reliant on traditional forms, such as prayers, psalms or greeting card verses.
There is a strong Christian theme to many of the poems in the collection, following generic themes of God, Christ and faith, rather than specific exploration of the author’s relationship with his beliefs. In fact, the lack of concrete and specific details is a stylistic omission that runs throughout the collection; leaving the emotions and ideas vague and lacking in depth.
The author’s choice of irregular patterns of rhythm and rhyme for many of the poems – writing in free verse style – could be considered avant-garde, but there is a heavy reliance on clichés, rhetorical questions and non sequiturs that weights the overall impression back towards the old from the new. Those poems that do follow more traditional rhyming schemes seem to sacrifice the meaning of the words in order to force the rhymes.
I feel that the main benefit of this text is that a number of the poems make nice standard prayers that can be used for personal or public worship purposes. However, aside from the religious aspect, I look to poetry to touch my heart and/or move me to strong emotions, which unfortunately this collection fails to do.
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2019/11/04/the-voice-of-my-mind-t-a-fish/
readingwithkt's review
2.0
This collection of poems speaks mainly to the theme of death. This made for, at times, quite a down-beat/depressing read. There were a few poems which stood out for me: phantom, failure, whispers, the covered veil, happiness, & cloud 9. But on the whole this poetry collection didn't do it for me. This doesn't mean it's not for you! As I think if you were aware of how much of the book is about death you may pick it up in a different mindset, but I expected broader themes and more diversity of poem topics. As a non-religious person, I also found there were quite a lot of Christian references which didn't really do anything for me except make the poems less relatable. So if you're in the mood for poems about death and are happy with religious references, give this one a go and see what you think!
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookbaby for this free copy I received in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookbaby for this free copy I received in exchange for an honest review.
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