Official Review: Of Illusions and Ink Spills

[Katiemhardy813]

Poetry is not my go-to genre. But sometimes when you have so much going on in your life, all you have is the snip-snap of phrases and words brought together by something more powerful than magic. Highly recommend to someone looking for that something they're not quite sure of.

[Acwoolet]

It sounds like a good book for a college class, you can sit there for weeks analyzing one poem and still not quite get the meaning. I’m very picky about what kind of poetry that I read, so I’m not sure if this one is for me. Thanks for the great review!

[harrymadede]

a collection of free verse poetry that does not have any standard a young immigrant that expresses strong emotions due to the fact that they are written from the heart. the ideas make one think about everyday life the society and the faith.i give the author a plus for the fact that he leaves the reader with much food for the thought a nice book that definitely going to my shelve i give it a 5 star

[Jkhorner]

I've never really read a collection of poetry, but the more reviews I read, the more I'm inclined to give it a try. Unnecessary elaborate wording does annoy me, but as I'm sometimes guilty of it myself, I can't complain too much. Thank you for the honesty and full review!

[Chill01]

It is interesting that you mention no table of contents as a problem with this book, yet when I read the free sample on Amazon the table of contents and the preface was all that was given. Shaking my head. I would have liked to have read at least one of the poems to decide if I wanted to read this book. I am glad that the writer's personality was reflected giving you a broad picture of who she was and what she stood for. Great review

[rusyalana]

I have never read poems and have never had the desire to, so I don't think this collections of poems is for me. Still I'm glad that the poems in the book are not just some easy read, those who are interested in poems will have to delve deeply into the meaning of each one to fully understand their themes and messages. Congratulations on becoming BOTD!

[onixpam]

Thanks for your review! Reading an entire book of poetry is not really for me, probably I would read it from time to time. It is great to know that you enjoyed the book.

[JessNWheeler]

I love poetry collections, especially when the poems convey an examination of everyday life.

[Samy Lax]

I agree. It would have given the poetry a very juvenile feel had the poet tried to spoon feed their meaning to us via her writing. This one seems to be different. A thumbs up from me.

Great review too!

[lesler]

I've never quite understood the point of poetry, but there's no better time to start learning then now.

[Cwynn]

Thanks for your review. I also found many of the passages indecipherable but recognized the same themes as you, particularly the ones about family.

[revna01]

The author has a definite poetic flair. I really enjoy cryptic poetry and feel like this collection would not disappoint. Thank you for a lovely review, I'm glad you liked the book.

[revna01]

It is interesting that you mention no table of contents as a problem with this book, yet when I read the free sample on Amazon the table of contents and the preface was all that was given. Shaking my head. I would have liked to have read at least one of the poems to decide if I wanted to read this book. I am glad that the writer's personality was reflected giving you a broad picture of who she was and what she stood for. Great review

I noticed that about the table of contents as well and was equally disappointed that there was no sample poem!

[Elizabeth Pass]

Thanks for the review! I can tell you appreciate good poetry. I don't enjoy being spoon-fed themes either and prefer to get some good contemplation out of a poem. Though, I would hate the made up or misplaced words like you described. I feel it would take away from the big picture.

[MsDree]

I love to read poetry once in a while so I thought this could be my next poetry reads. But I'm not too fond on monotonous subjects or themes for this one. I'd like to read, if specific theme, that'll be all of it. But I see this is a collection so no wonder all themes fit into this. So I might read this, or I might not.