Book Review - The Fighter, by Helle Gade

The Fighter by Helle Gade

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I read Helle Gade's earlier collections of poetry, "Northern Whispers", "Savage Rose", "Nocturnal Embers", and "Silent Dreams", a few years ago and enjoyed them. I like the way she can reach inside and express her inner feelings and thoughts so well in poetic form. The author has now signed to Butterdragons Publishing and released a few more poetry collections.

"The Fighter", just like her earlier collections, contains thought-provoking and profound verse. The book is divided into four sections, "Pain", "Fear", "Fight", and "Dream".

The themes for the poems include the author's own personal health struggles, the pandemic, war, the environment, and human nature.

My personal favourites were the series of poems entitled "Green-Eyed Beast" - these were so personal and honest and very relatable. Other stand-out poems include "Ignorance", "Bureaucracy Sucks!", "Kitten", and "Arrrghhh". The whole collection is well written and from the heart. There is a passion in this poet's writing that makes her books compulsive reading.



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