Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

12 reviews

fadeddpages's review against another edition

emotional reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Alcohol

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.5

Halsey writes poetry like she writes songs. Therefore, I would say you will like this if you like Halsey songs, and you will not like this if you like standard contemporary poetry. I have song and poem related brainrot, so I was FASCINATED to see a book that so clearly showed me what the differences are between the two. But if that doesn't really interest you, then I would not really recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Vomit

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

siriuslyjenn_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

brieflybutterfly's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

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

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

thoroughlyenjoyedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy