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I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey

30 reviews

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Praise Halsey 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abandonment

lily_kruse's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

grimmdark's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense

love u so much ash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Abortion

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Halsey’s poetry is wonderfully vivid and ugly. It doesn’t shy from horrible truths at all. This is also why I love them as a music artist, her words are powerful and spellbinding. It translates to the written word just as well.

The reason that it’s not 5 stars is that some of it felt unedited. Also, there was 1 line that was biphobic that kinda shocked me. I know Halsey is bi themself, but still, it felt unnecessary to what I felt the poem was trying to say; commenting on toxic masculinity and relationships with men within the patriarchy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia

cosycourtney's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

Despite note being an avid reader of poetry I really enjoyed this book. As a Halsey fan it added a lot of insight into her life and music and made me feel like I was getting a special preview. I enjoyed the words and I resonated with some of the poems. Some felt confusing and missed the mark but it was still interesting to read about such experiences. Some of my stand out poems were Wish You The Best, The Tourist, Onanism, Eight, The Painter, Antagonist, Fun Girl (I think my favourite) and A Story Like Mine (search her performing this at the womens march, I cry every time). I think this book would be great to return to as life goes on and see whether I read anything differently. I would recommend this for fans of Halsey and poetry lovers but please consider trigger warnings before reading as there are very dark themes discussed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

srwells48's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

There's some nice poems here (I wouldn't expect anything less from a songwriter), and I liked that they were longer in form. A lot of popular poetry these days seems to be just short phrases or quotables, so I liked the change. I will say quite a few of these poems felt either too long or unfinished.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

cortnereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t know what to expect besides… poems but I really loved this collection and I adore Halsey even more. There were some intense moments but worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

cath3005's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

oak's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

Most of the poetry in this book captures the complicated emotions she is trying to convey. The poems have intriguing structure and powerful wordplay. 

Some of the poetry in this book needs some work. Some of the poems carry on longer than they need to, resulting in a less impactful feeling. Some are a bit too cliche. The worst ones in the book seem like a first draft, like she just jotted down some thoughts in her iphone’s notes app. Having said that, some of those poems are charming for that very reason. They’re raw. 

I’m conflicted about what to rate this collection of poetry all together, because I really loved most of it, and really cringed at the rest. 

I read this book because I am a fan of Halsey’s music. I would recommend this book to other Halsey fans, but in general I would not recommend this book to others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual content

melosamatic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault