A review by wtfiswrongwithella
BloodFresh by Ebony Stewart
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
"Check on your strong friends. I promise we're just pretending"
As an avid lover of spoken word poetry, I had been a fan of Miss Ebony's work from the first moment I heard one of her poems.
To me, Miss Ebony is an authentic guardian of the black essence; the kind of woman that bites before she kisses; an artist whose words speak louder than her voice.
This book was like that voice in your head that asks why you didn't decide to love yourself today. It told the story of someone who's experience was so different, yet so familiar to me as a writer, and as a fellow broken black person.
Through this book, she displays an admirable introspective style of expression. She showcased an anger that could be felt, just as much as it was read. She really called me out with names I didn't even know I had.
Overall, it was a great read (my numerous highlighted quotes can attest to this fact), and I will always come back to it as a reminder that I'm allowed to be myself in a universe that wants you to be anything but.
As an avid lover of spoken word poetry, I had been a fan of Miss Ebony's work from the first moment I heard one of her poems.
To me, Miss Ebony is an authentic guardian of the black essence; the kind of woman that bites before she kisses; an artist whose words speak louder than her voice.
This book was like that voice in your head that asks why you didn't decide to love yourself today. It told the story of someone who's experience was so different, yet so familiar to me as a writer, and as a fellow broken black person.
Through this book, she displays an admirable introspective style of expression. She showcased an anger that could be felt, just as much as it was read. She really called me out with names I didn't even know I had.
Overall, it was a great read (my numerous highlighted quotes can attest to this fact), and I will always come back to it as a reminder that I'm allowed to be myself in a universe that wants you to be anything but.