Unrequited Feelings

by Leslie B.

how many times
can you miss a person
until it doesn't hurt
anymore?

Genres: Poetry, Love, Romance, Ebooks

151 pages, Paperback

Published August 13, 2023

Reviews

[hap.pages]

i can’t rate this book. it was like i was reading what’s in her mind. it felt like a conversation between our broken hearts, a hug from someone who understands. her words just resonate with me.

[Sahel.hn · Rating 1 out of 5]

اصلا نمی‌دونم چرا خوندمش.
چرا فکر می‌کنن لزوما باید **ناله‌هاشون رو بعد شکست عشقی چاپ کنن؟ 😭

[Chloe Poston · Rating 1 out of 5]

This didn’t feel like poetry. This felt so gen z but in a bad way, like poetry but make it text messages. I felt like I was reading someone’s notes app in their phone. It was mad depressing, super repetitive and just poorly written. This review sounds so negative but that’s just what I got from it.

[sintiareads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. Thank you.

[Cash · Rating 5 out of 5]

“your hesitation
gave me the answers
i needed”

[leila ⋆.˚౨ৎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4✩

i needed a dose of sad, relatable content and this did a pretty good job. however, there were some poems with grammatical errors.

.・゜゜・✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* .・゜゜・

favourites:

"i don’t know how to find the balance between wanting to love someone and
not wanting to get hurt."

"the people we love
they become part of us
we carry their memories
and we see flashes of them
from other people we meet"

"we are all really
just trying to find love
but somehow
we keep getting hurt
in the process
- hopeless romantics"

"i don’t know how else to move on
other than to keep thinking about you
i’ll take in all the pain
and let it hurt
until i’m used to it
until it doesn’t bother me as much
until the hurt starts to fade
until one day
i might not notice it anymore
- i don’t know how else to do it"

"would it have
worked out between us
if there wasn’t someone else?
- questions i ask the universe"

"it is time
i learn to let go
if you wanted to, you would
i’ve said enough
for you to know how i feel
i can’t keep waiting
for an answer
that isn’t going to come"

"i remember
that first night
we stayed up past 3am
and all we did was talk

i remember
thinking that i could
listen to you talk
forever
and how i’ve never felt that way
about anyone before

i remember
that night
at 3am
that was the moment
i fell in love"

"after everything
we’ve been through
i was not expecting it
to end this way"

"i could tell you
all about what i’m thinking
but why would it matter?
what does it change?
you’ve made up your mind
and the only thing i can do
is to accept it"


"the less attention you gave me
the more i craved for it"

"i can’t read your mind
and you can’t read mine

i wonder
if things will be different
if we said to each other
what we truly think"

"you never know
how strong your love is
until you have to start
loving them from a distance"

"it is the most painful feeling
watching the person you love
choose someone else
over you"

"i only had myself
to blame
for getting hurt
in the end"

"someone once said to me
if you want something
very badly
set it free
if it comes back to you
it’s yours forever

if it doesn’t
it was never yours
to begin with
- i really wish you came back"

"we were never
just friends
and we can never go back
to being friends"

[Dua · Rating 3 out of 5]

How many times
can you miss a person
until it doesn’t hurt
anymore?
💔

[Alice Sharples · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartfelt, full of emotion, raw, real and relatable.

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

:(:

[Beck Mullen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t really know what to say about this one. Some is really good. Some are just basic everyday thoughts for most of us. And I mean so basic they pass through like 5 times a day and you don’t think about it but now you see it on a page and it makes you realize how much you think it lol. Some are just pretty obvious fillers and kinda pointless. I was really hoping for more out of it.

[Victoria Ortega · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read a bit like an Olivia Rodrigo song. Validating, a bit repetitive, but not entirely helpful.

[Kanwarpal Singh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This didn’t feel like poetry but more like one way text messages. It was like i was reading what was in her mind. It was depressing, repetitive and felt like a conversation between our broken hearts, and we are listening and want to offer her a hug from someone who understands . Her words just resonate with my current state of mind felt like a good read for someone who is going through a heartbreak.

I also noticed a lot of grammar mistakes, I am assuming the writer was self published, so I understand that mistakes are normal. A book that resonates with you, your thoughts, if you are an emotionally sensitive person and of course, if you have a lot of things going through your mind about the relationship and the emotions tied to it.

[Eli · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is what you would call “notes app poetry”, popularized by Rupi Kaur, and I am still convinced no one can do it like her.
Except for a few, every poem felt like a copy-paste of a starter idea. I actually felt like I was reading the same thing over and over but worded differently.
I also noticed a few (even a lot of) grammar mistakes, I am assuming the writer was self published, so I understand that mistakes are normal.

On the other hand, the few poems that were good really hit me.

[Pato W · Rating 4 out of 5]

La calidad es fluctuante. Tiene momentos muy buenos, extractos que en verdad pintan y relatan un momento usando solo pocas palabras. Mientras que también tiene comentarios genéricos.

Es simple, rápido y corto. Con particularidades algo actuales como el uso de redes sociales (un recurso no muy común) que hacen sentir la lectura contemporánea.

Si leen el pdf gratis lo recomiendo (anda en oceanopdf), si les cuesta mejor gasten su dinero en otra cosa.

[Evelyn Speranza · Rating 3 out of 5]

It helped me to realize a lot of things and it was inspiring. I just didn’t like the fact that aesthetically it is the exactly copy of “Milk and Honey” and I think the writer can do better than do the same thing of another (and more famous) author.
Anyway I will buy other books of Leslie because I liked their words

[Sidhini Brind · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that resonates with you, your thoughts, if you are an emotionally sensitive person and of course, if you have a lot of things going through on your mind about the relationship and the emotions tied to it. Some could read the exact lines from their heart and for some, it is not going to be your cup of tea.

[Katie Overmyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

“is it a curse or a blessing for someone to be able to feel all these feelings so deeply?” // “it’s hard being the person that falls first.” -Leslie B

These poems were not as relatable as I thought they’d be, but there were a few good ones. Even though I couldn’t relate to most, it was still an enjoyable read. I just love how short and quick these types of books are!

[Danny Hacker · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Is it a curse or a blessing
for someone to be able to
feel all of these feelings
so deeply?”

This collection of poems hit me really deep and right in the gut. A lot of the poems were short and i relate to that a lot because my anxiety is in very short bursts with all thoughts and scenarios. I loved this collection a lot and would recommend

[Mashiat Nahreen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is like a timeline, starting from the point where the author found out about her loved one cheating on her to break her heart and healing, moving forward. Felt like a good read for someone who is going through a heartbreak.

[paige ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

**4.5 stars
this girl has quite literally gone inside my brain and picked apart my thoughts. thank you to my main inspiration, i hope i can publish a poetry book just as good as yours someday. thank you for everything.

[Lilly Nikolova · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kinda repetitive, with no structure and it feels like you are reading someone's notes on the phone. Also, I believe that the poems should be separated into different categories. There were a few good ones that made me feel something but again, this is no poetry for me.

[Radhika · Rating 3 out of 5]

3⭐️

"i was alone
and all i wanted was to be able to feel something, anything

and then i found you
and i was happy for awhile
until i wasn’t
until it started to hurt
and all i could think of
was that i don’t want to feel anything anymore"

[Hadeel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It felt like reading my own thoughts. All the unspoken things that was roaming around my head. Like if somebody stopped me from all the thinking and told me “I’ll say it instead of you. I got your back body. It’s on me”..

[Estrella · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was honestly really good and a simple fast read. I had one main thought throughout the book which was if I could tell a specific person to read this book without coming off ruin I really would

[em sarow · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was so beautifully written.

I love reading poetry beucase it allows myself to justify the way that im feeling.

as someone who cant talk about feelings. reading and writing helps me cope.

love love love this .

[Joshua Woolbright · Rating 4 out of 5]

powerful

Definitely hit the emotions with this one. Can’t wait to read the next one. I know it’s going to be amazing.

[Ashish · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25

[Vaishnavi Dudhanikar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

[Madison Krueger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like these are good to read if you are going through a breakup lol.

[Konstandina · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5