Poetry Book Review: “Bleed Like Me: Poems for the Broken”
Bleed Like Me: Poems for the BrokenI received an advanced
review copy in exchange for an honest review.
I rarely accept requests
and do not finish reading, but this was an exception. Unsurprisingly, several
other reviewers failed to finish it, and within good reason.
With an incredible cover,
the book promises a dark, gothic collection of poetry. The imagery lives up to
this expectation. However, the descriptions were quite repetitive. The lines
were quite verbose, and I doubt they were given a proper round of edits. I hate
to be this person, but although they have poetic potential, these only seem to
be drafts of poems — they require more attention to the craft.
This adds to the problem
of a poetry eBook that is entirely centred — big cringe! Now, it’s not always a
negative thing and sometimes the helps portraying the message, but it’s not the
case with this book. Especially with digital reading, where font sizes can be
adjusted, the presentation will vary, and any intended shape will be lost. This
also ruins any rhythm that would have been present within the poems, if there
was one to begin with.
All in all, I don’t think this is a worthy buy for anyone. There are hundreds of books out there and our money is limited, so we must spend it on books that will be of value to us. As much as I hate shutting down someone else’s work and even if the poet has some good ideas, the overall product isn’t totally there.
Sources and Links:
Book: Bleed Like Me: Poems for the Broken
Book Cover: Goodreads
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