Reviews

Looking through a Telescope for Love by Himanshu Goel, Arushi Gupta

4qlima's review

inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

did you notice?
we always act
different under
the night sky
your eyes utter
words I can’t comprehend.
is this the language
of the stars?

(A Rational Boy In Love)

I got tired of
the light
the more I see
the sun
the more I fall
in love with
the moon. 

(Looking Through A Telescope For Love)

the relentless
rain is never
ending what
am I to do
when I have
run out of
raindrops to
count and
sad songs
to listen to?

(Daughter Of The Moon)

This poems are very relatable and mostly about the feelings that we all go through. This book divided into three parts, A Rational Boy In Love, Looking Through A Telescope & Daughter Of The Moon. My most favorite parts is, Looking Through A Telescope! An extremely quick read it can be finished in an hour but you can always read it again. It would be a nice book to go through along with a warm cup of tea. Overall, it’s a good book to start with if you want to explore modern poetry. 

_mery98_'s review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

 "I’m just
a little boy
looking through
a telescope
trying to find
love in the sky....."

These poems are all about love and its beauty. Divided into four sections- Looking through a telescope for love’, ‘For love’, ‘Daughter of the moon and “Runaway star’ this collection is a beautiful and calm read. 

claradiation's review

how do you
expect her to
fly when you
put the weight
of the world
on her shoulders?

pretty_little_bibliophile's review against another edition

3.0

My Review:
The book is a collection of 50 poems, all about love and its beauty. Divided under four sections- Looking through a telescope for love’, ‘For love’, ‘Daughter of the moon’ and “Runaway star’ this collection is a beautiful and calm read. These short poems are accompanied by some simple and minimalistic illustrations by Arushi Gupta.
The language used is pretty simple and I could hardly find any grammatical errors. Despite this, I found the overall subjects very simple. Written in the modern style of blank prose without rhyme, like Rupi Kaur and Lang Leav’s works, Looking Through a Telescope for Love is a decent read for any reader’s initial forays into modern poetry. The poems also revolved around women and I personally liked that.
Verdict:
I rate this book a 3/5 stars and shall definitely recommend it to others.