bibillieophile's review
5.0
Everyone who loves poems should have this book :)
Especially people who loves sad poems, you should have and read this book. hahaha
Especially people who loves sad poems, you should have and read this book. hahaha
gabydeppe's review
5.0
I've been waiting for it for a ling time and finished within the hour after it arrived... This one was so much deeper than the first one, but I loved every part of it. I'm definitely a fan!
hyebitshines's review
4.0
So like Love and Misadventure, I started reading this book without really meaning to well, seriously get into it, or even liking it as much as I did ; v ; But I sat down, meaning to get in a few cute poems before starting homework, and one hour later, put the finished book down with a not-so-vague guilt over my ignored homework.
If Love and Misadventure was cutesy with its fair share of angst, Lullabies was its slightly more mature continuation with glimmers of sexiness and Leav's signature melancholy that seems to always linger in the sweetness of her words. I think what draws me to Lang Leav's words, in spite of its flaws, is the genuineness that can be felt in every page, no matter how obscure or questionable the poem may be. It's the kind of genuineness that may not render sophisticated, DEEP works of literature to be analyzed and studied for centuries, but it's there and there's a sort of understanding that binds the reader and the words together, even if it's until the next page turn.
The darker cover feels rather appropriate because this time, the book starts with the bliss of being in love and ends in the aftermath of heartbreak. I know that as a reader, I should be able to separate the poet from the speaker of these poems, but it's difficult, especially when Leav herself addresses her real-life boyfriend at certain points in her work. I'm always left wondering the line between reality and fiction in the poems- how many heartbreaks are imagined and how many are memories?
There were still quite a few poems that just completely flew over my head- some of them seemed to not make sense, and some, maybe I'm not ready to understand, but Leav's definitely improved at using length for impact. One of my favorites was only two lines, and while obvious in retrospect, I sort of stared at the page and nodded, as if Leav was whispering all her learned life wisdoms in my ear:
FOREWARNED
If a boy ever says, you remind me of someone-don't fall in love
with him. You will never be anything more than second best.
Other poems made me snicker, and I don't think it was for the right reasons:
A CAUTIONARY TALE
There is a girl who never returns her library books. Don't give
her your heart- it is unlikely you will ever see it again.
(...Well, what if you just happen to be very forgetful ; v ; Gosh. Feeling so judged.)
But really, in spite of my little giggles here and there, and some blank stares at certain poems, I really did enjoy this book, maybe even more than Love and Misadventure. For the next book, I really do wish Leav would use her blank pages to incorporate more of her precious drawings though~
Fin.
If Love and Misadventure was cutesy with its fair share of angst, Lullabies was its slightly more mature continuation with glimmers of sexiness and Leav's signature melancholy that seems to always linger in the sweetness of her words. I think what draws me to Lang Leav's words, in spite of its flaws, is the genuineness that can be felt in every page, no matter how obscure or questionable the poem may be. It's the kind of genuineness that may not render sophisticated, DEEP works of literature to be analyzed and studied for centuries, but it's there and there's a sort of understanding that binds the reader and the words together, even if it's until the next page turn.
The darker cover feels rather appropriate because this time, the book starts with the bliss of being in love and ends in the aftermath of heartbreak. I know that as a reader, I should be able to separate the poet from the speaker of these poems, but it's difficult, especially when Leav herself addresses her real-life boyfriend at certain points in her work. I'm always left wondering the line between reality and fiction in the poems- how many heartbreaks are imagined and how many are memories?
There were still quite a few poems that just completely flew over my head- some of them seemed to not make sense, and some, maybe I'm not ready to understand, but Leav's definitely improved at using length for impact. One of my favorites was only two lines, and while obvious in retrospect, I sort of stared at the page and nodded, as if Leav was whispering all her learned life wisdoms in my ear:
FOREWARNED
If a boy ever says, you remind me of someone-don't fall in love
with him. You will never be anything more than second best.
Other poems made me snicker, and I don't think it was for the right reasons:
A CAUTIONARY TALE
There is a girl who never returns her library books. Don't give
her your heart- it is unlikely you will ever see it again.
(...Well, what if you just happen to be very forgetful ; v ; Gosh. Feeling so judged.)
But really, in spite of my little giggles here and there, and some blank stares at certain poems, I really did enjoy this book, maybe even more than Love and Misadventure. For the next book, I really do wish Leav would use her blank pages to incorporate more of her precious drawings though~
Fin.
starryeved's review
2.0
Lullabies is my first attempt at reading an entire selection of poetry, and it was... alright. Considering the standards and preferences for contemporary poetry, Lang Leav's writing is not essentially bad, but it is not very special. It isn't very memorable. Frankly, if you went on Tumblr and searched for poetry, you would find content of either a similar caliber - or an even higher, finer caliber. Lullabies does not teach, but rather speaks of the same thing in multiple ways, just as there are multiple ways of speaking about love, heartbreak, and longing. Overall: a quick, decent read - although perhaps I should have read some more of Lang Leav's work before tackling this one.