Official Review: Life Expressed in 25 Words or Less

Joy Boudreau · Post by **Joy Boudreau** » 04 Oct 2016, 13:44

lovely review! It's a scary thing to read other people's poetry, unless you are willing to have a glimpse of their soul. I'm glad that you enjoyed this collection, this sounds intriguing!

Strangerthanfiction · Post by **Strangerthanfiction** » 04 Oct 2016, 14:06

Great review! Very descriptive, I don't really read poetry all that often, but I totally enjoyed your review. I also checked out the sample from Amazon and found it not to be a very good sample at all with all because of the long forward. I was hoping to get a sampling of the actual poetry content.

Gravy · Post by **Gravy** » 04 Oct 2016, 14:07

That is a very unique way to achieve flow, but it would have thrown me until I figured it out

cheryltkn · Post by **cheryltkn** » 04 Oct 2016, 14:13

I think that would be confusing too and I don't particularly care for poetry, but as always you write a great review.

Serena [Poetree] · Post by **Serena [Poetree]** » 04 Oct 2016, 14:23

I love that the author included the stories behind the poems! Too bad the poems only account for a small portion of the book, though. Great review!

SandraTWP-BRW · Post by **SandraTWP-BRW** » 04 Oct 2016, 14:51

Thank you for the review. I've started the book and ran into some of the same confusion in the text. This helps ?As soon as I went back to th book, I saw the relationship between the grey text and the poems immediately. Thanks!

L_Therese · Post by **L_Therese** » 04 Oct 2016, 16:43

Interesting concept. It'll be fun to see what the author can do with such an economy of words. Thanks for the review!

chocomeiske · Post by **chocomeiske** » 04 Oct 2016, 16:47

THanks for your comprehensive review. I don't really read poetry that much although I used to love writing poetry but these sound simple and easy to read and I love that the author explains them.

fallenechoes · Post by **fallenechoes** » 04 Oct 2016, 16:47

Good review. As someone who loves poetry this is something that feels like it will inspire me which is something I need right now. Thanks!

truebookaddict · Post by **truebookaddict** » 04 Oct 2016, 17:34

I too enjoy reading poetry so I think I will enjoy this. It sounds like a unique take on conventional poetry. Great review!

MarkWNeville · Post by **MarkWNeville** » 04 Oct 2016, 19:42

Since my son lived in Japan for five years, I had some personal interest in this book. That, and being a life therapist I liked the idea of expressing life in 25 words or less. I enjoyed the review. It gave me a good idea of the book and would help me read it more easily.

Annie P · Post by **Annie P** » 04 Oct 2016, 19:56

Thanks for the review. I might be interested in the haiku which were written in Japan, but I'll probably give this one a pass.

Post by **bookowlie** » 04 Oct 2016, 20:09

Nice, insightful review! I actually like the concept of the inspiration and backstories behind the poems, even if these parts take up a significant part of the book. However, the way the poems are formatted seems confusing.

By the way, meeting on a poetry website...talk about "meeting cute."

tarafarah7 · Post by **tarafarah7** » 04 Oct 2016, 20:49

Thank you gor the review! I think this book is so interesting! I like reading the explanations that go with each of the entries! Congrats to the author on BOTD!!