A review by onetruenorth
Love Poems for Anxious People by John Kenney

2.0

I read this book within half an hour, so it was definitely a quick and easy read. It made me chuckle a few times. Other than that, though, I was a little disappointed: As somebody who suffers from several anxiety disorders, I was hoping that I would find a little bit more of myself within these pages. There were some scenarios that I would simply never find myself in (aka: The parties.) My anxiety flourishes around so many situations, including starting conversations at all. Most of these poems focused on the mundane, things that average people will find themselves embarrassed by (Forgetting someone you know’s name). On the plus side, it made me feel inspired to write my own poems documenting my anxiety disorder.