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A review by steph_k_103
Stranger, Baby by Emily Berry
3.0
3.5/5 ⭐️
This is very subjective but I felt like it was too depressing to engage with. Maybe reading it all in one go is a bit much but I felt like it lacked refreshing elements of moments of hope. Yes her meanings were very personal, very traumatic and very sad. But it’s hard to read about grief and loss so consistently to the point where their feelings translate to yourself and consume the rest of your day, as it did me now.
Having said this, some of her poems and some of her lines were just beautifully constructed. I cried from ONE sentence in one of her poems.
Her way with describing a story through metaphors, her reoccurring use of oceanic themes, plus there was no rhyming. I must admit i didn’t understand some poems but when pieces of the story started to fit together it was quite amazing. Oh to be such a talented writer…
Again this is subjective, but maybe I need to revisit this in the future and see if my opinion changes or if I view her words in a different light.
This is very subjective but I felt like it was too depressing to engage with. Maybe reading it all in one go is a bit much but I felt like it lacked refreshing elements of moments of hope. Yes her meanings were very personal, very traumatic and very sad. But it’s hard to read about grief and loss so consistently to the point where their feelings translate to yourself and consume the rest of your day, as it did me now.
Having said this, some of her poems and some of her lines were just beautifully constructed. I cried from ONE sentence in one of her poems.
Her way with describing a story through metaphors, her reoccurring use of oceanic themes, plus there was no rhyming. I must admit i didn’t understand some poems but when pieces of the story started to fit together it was quite amazing. Oh to be such a talented writer…
Again this is subjective, but maybe I need to revisit this in the future and see if my opinion changes or if I view her words in a different light.