Review of Confessions of a Manaholic
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Review of Confessions of a Manaholic
[Following is a volunteer review of "Confessions of a Manaholic" by P. Pierre.]
Confessions of a Manaholic is a poetry book by P. Pierre. The poet brings a collection of poems that focuses on love and its complications. It tells the story of a middle-aged woman and the choices she had to make in her love life. The persona guides us through her past, her present, and what would become of her future. This poetry book brings to light the dilemma of younger adults as far as love is concerned. It highlights the journey of love. It also emphasizes what young people face in the pursuit of their lover; their dreams, fantasies, lust, obsession, and so on. The poet-persona in this book is an adult female. She tells her story, a story similar to what many adults are familiar with today.
The persona uses the literary device of flashback to take us to her childhood. She recounts that their "lives were so simple." She then introduces a lover from this past who she says loved her despite her imperfections. She tells the story of this lover, a man she had rejected. The persona admits she had hurt him by loving someone "better than him." One day, the thought of her hurt lover came to her mind, and she longs for him now. However, the persona is not sure if he would forgive her. The poem progresses, and the poet takes us on a journey of the different aspects of love. Would she be able to win her lover's heart? Would they finally get to meet and be with each other? Is her lover real? This book will surprise even the most attentive of readers.
This poetry book has a lot of positive aspects. The poet uses different literary devices, which makes reading this book enjoyable. The first is that the poet employed the first-person narrative. This helped the persona convey her feelings of lust, love, obsession, and sadness very well. Also, other literary devices like consonance were used. For instance, when the persona tried to explain the promises made to her by her lover that "there will be no tears, fears, or fake peers," this made the book more artistic and very appealing. The persona also uses metaphor to compare her "simple man" to Othello. The poet tells a beautiful story of love and pain through the persona, and one could easily feel the emotional state of the persona at each point.
This book was not devoid of flaws. I found some negative aspects to this book. The persona rushed through emotions rather too quickly. It became difficult to understand what she felt at each point in time. One moment she is feeling hopeful and enthusiastic, the next moment she is feeling sad and let down. Also, it became confusing at a point keeping up with which lover was being talked about. This could be a problem to the readers. I did not appreciate going back and forth.
I did not find any grammatical errors in this book. It was exceptionally well-edited. I rate Confessions by a Manaholic 4 out of 4 stars. I gave it a perfect rating because the author made good use of so many literary devices, this made reading this book very interesting. I did not rate it lower because the few negative aspects I mentioned did not take away my overall satisfaction from the book. I recommend this book to all lovers of poetry.
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Confessions of a Manaholic
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Confessions of a Manaholic is a poetry book by P. Pierre. The poet brings a collection of poems that focuses on love and its complications. It tells the story of a middle-aged woman and the choices she had to make in her love life. The persona guides us through her past, her present, and what would become of her future. This poetry book brings to light the dilemma of younger adults as far as love is concerned. It highlights the journey of love. It also emphasizes what young people face in the pursuit of their lover; their dreams, fantasies, lust, obsession, and so on. The poet-persona in this book is an adult female. She tells her story, a story similar to what many adults are familiar with today.
The persona uses the literary device of flashback to take us to her childhood. She recounts that their "lives were so simple." She then introduces a lover from this past who she says loved her despite her imperfections. She tells the story of this lover, a man she had rejected. The persona admits she had hurt him by loving someone "better than him." One day, the thought of her hurt lover came to her mind, and she longs for him now. However, the persona is not sure if he would forgive her. The poem progresses, and the poet takes us on a journey of the different aspects of love. Would she be able to win her lover's heart? Would they finally get to meet and be with each other? Is her lover real? This book will surprise even the most attentive of readers.
This poetry book has a lot of positive aspects. The poet uses different literary devices, which makes reading this book enjoyable. The first is that the poet employed the first-person narrative. This helped the persona convey her feelings of lust, love, obsession, and sadness very well. Also, other literary devices like consonance were used. For instance, when the persona tried to explain the promises made to her by her lover that "there will be no tears, fears, or fake peers," this made the book more artistic and very appealing. The persona also uses metaphor to compare her "simple man" to Othello. The poet tells a beautiful story of love and pain through the persona, and one could easily feel the emotional state of the persona at each point.
This book was not devoid of flaws. I found some negative aspects to this book. The persona rushed through emotions rather too quickly. It became difficult to understand what she felt at each point in time. One moment she is feeling hopeful and enthusiastic, the next moment she is feeling sad and let down. Also, it became confusing at a point keeping up with which lover was being talked about. This could be a problem to the readers. I did not appreciate going back and forth.
I did not find any grammatical errors in this book. It was exceptionally well-edited. I rate Confessions by a Manaholic 4 out of 4 stars. I gave it a perfect rating because the author made good use of so many literary devices, this made reading this book very interesting. I did not rate it lower because the few negative aspects I mentioned did not take away my overall satisfaction from the book. I recommend this book to all lovers of poetry.
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Confessions of a Manaholic
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