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A review by bekyaaa
Rainy Days & Mondays by Juana García
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
"i want to know that our love broke you too. that you ached for me too. that it felt real for you too. so former love, tell me, did you shed a tear or two?"
a collection of short prose and poems about the pain that comes with loving & the grief of losing someone you thought you will be spending a lifetime with. the heartache, the longing, the overthinking. all entangled in the author's simple yet gutwrenching string of words. (and honestly, most of the time, it is in the simplicity that bears more meaning)
to be honest, i am actually in a healthy relationship right now & so i thought this book would be hard to resonate with. but evidently i was reminded of my toxic past relationship while reading this & truly enough there were passages that hit me hard which made me reflect & revisit that old flame. excerpts that were the exact same thoughts i had during that time. so, if you are going through a heartbreak (and well even if you aren't), i highly recommend this quick read and surely you would find yourself comforted with the author's words 🤍
as she reiterated in the end, healing is a long and arduous journey. but i believe in the mindset that helped me in my healing journey: the love you have in you that you feel doesn't have anywhere else to go, it has everywhere else to be poured into—your family, your friends, most importantly yourself. to cite my all time fave quote "what is grief, if not love persevering?" (that grief is evidence that you have once loved). finally to quote one of my favorite songs this year of mitski's, "my love is mine all mine" (that with love there's loss but my ability to love will never be taken away from me, for it is mine all mine, and i choose wherever whoever to give it)
i am usually not one to go for poetry books, but i made a goal starting this year to get out of my comfort zone and venture into other literary genres & formats i normally wouldn't go for. so i'm thankful for the author for giving me an opportunity to read her book in advance (in exchange for my honest review)
a collection of short prose and poems about the pain that comes with loving & the grief of losing someone you thought you will be spending a lifetime with. the heartache, the longing, the overthinking. all entangled in the author's simple yet gutwrenching string of words. (and honestly, most of the time, it is in the simplicity that bears more meaning)
to be honest, i am actually in a healthy relationship right now & so i thought this book would be hard to resonate with. but evidently i was reminded of my toxic past relationship while reading this & truly enough there were passages that hit me hard which made me reflect & revisit that old flame. excerpts that were the exact same thoughts i had during that time. so, if you are going through a heartbreak (and well even if you aren't), i highly recommend this quick read and surely you would find yourself comforted with the author's words 🤍
as she reiterated in the end, healing is a long and arduous journey. but i believe in the mindset that helped me in my healing journey: the love you have in you that you feel doesn't have anywhere else to go, it has everywhere else to be poured into—your family, your friends, most importantly yourself. to cite my all time fave quote "what is grief, if not love persevering?" (that grief is evidence that you have once loved). finally to quote one of my favorite songs this year of mitski's, "my love is mine all mine" (that with love there's loss but my ability to love will never be taken away from me, for it is mine all mine, and i choose wherever whoever to give it)
i am usually not one to go for poetry books, but i made a goal starting this year to get out of my comfort zone and venture into other literary genres & formats i normally wouldn't go for. so i'm thankful for the author for giving me an opportunity to read her book in advance (in exchange for my honest review)