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

20 reviews

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

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

erica03's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

Not traditional poems. Tells important stories of her life with only a few words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion

wanderonwards's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

There are some absolutely beautiful and powerful verses in here, but overall I think I would have appreciated it more if I had been able to listen to the poems. I don’t think they work well in this format.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

shewantsthediction's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

Disclaimer: I'm only a casual Halsey listener and like a few of her songs. Most of these were pretty bad and amateurish, but I think that's to be expected from a poetry collection by a celebrity. A handful were really good, though, and offered some insight into her life that was both moving and very sad. (She has a lot of trauma in her past: rape, abusive relationships, etc.) Her writing has that "lost teenager in love with the wrong people" vibe about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage

bardic_llama's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

2.5

while it was an interesting insight into Halsey's life, there's was some lines that were repetitive such as the mention of honey. Then again half the poems were in response to previous poems in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Rape

nofy's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

i love halsey, i wish she would adopt me :'((

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

amoscreates's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Rape

lavenderlove's review against another edition

2.0

This was...NOT an amazing body of poetry. I’m sure the audiobook is better and I still enjoy Halsey’s music very much. But their written prose on its own is very rough. I can at least applaud the raw honesty and length of their poems. The cover is also great.

The best poem in this collection is A STORY LIKE MINE. Here are a few others I personally enjoyed:

YOU WERE FIRST
WISH YOU THE BEST
THE PROFESSIONAL
THE BAKER
FUN GIRL
FOREVER CURSED IN LOVE ARE THE OBSERVANT
SEVENTEEN

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

fat_louie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Abortion