Official Review: Infatuation, Love and Heartbreak

tjportugal · Post by **tjportugal** » 22 Sep 2020, 15:37

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Infatuation, Love and Heartbreak" by Briana Isham.]

3 out of 4 stars

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Not all relationships go according to your dreams. Some go beyond. Others go the opposite way. You yearn for affection. Sometimes it fills you. Sometimes it deceives you. The author allowed her hand to flow freely while putting down on paper the thoughts of her heart about just such themes, without reservations. The result is an intimate message.

In Infatuation, Love and Heartbreak readers are presented with 47 poems written by Briana Isham. Although they are not divided into separate categories, the poems can be gathered into the three topics mentioned in the title.

The book can be tackled in about 2 hours. However, readers must be aware that a full reading experience of each poem can only be achieved if you take your time to savor each word, each line, and each stanza. Moreover, considering the themes of passion, love, and heartbreak, perhaps the reader will have to relive personal experiences in order to relate to the message being read. This was my favorite element, as it requires the reader to engage with the author at some personal level instead of being simply a stranger observing from the outside.

As for the structure, Infatuation, Love and Heartbreak seems to be professionally edited, as I could not find any typos or grammar mistakes, although some phrases may seem slightly dodgy, from a grammar standpoint (even if considered in the context of unstructured poetry).

The lack of structure in the poems (different metrics, sizes, and unstructured rhyme) hindered my reading experience. Even though the lack of structure can be mastered and used as a literary device on its own, I found it was not the case in this book, and the end result was a set of rather slightly dull and unattractive poems. This was what I disliked the most, as I felt that there was a lot of unexplored potential.

Nonetheless, the vocabulary diversity is broad and, apart from the lack of structure, it blends with engaging rhetoric, resulting in a good linguistic quality.

There was no profanity to be found. Also, there were no erotic elements, as the content dwells on the emotional side of relationships rather than the physical aspects.

In conclusion, Infatuation, Love and Heartbreak, by Briana Isham, is an emotion-packed anthology about passion and disappointment. I rate it 3 out of 4 stars. It falls short of four stars because of the counterproductive effect of the lack of structure. Nonetheless, it is definitely worth more than two stars.

This book is more appealing to fans of romantic poetry.

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AnnOgochukwu · Post by **AnnOgochukwu** » 28 Sep 2020, 05:20

Matters of the heart can be quite easily expressed in poetry.
Nice review

29 Sep 2020, 04:42

Love, heartbreak and infatuation are the reasons why we have so many amazing poems. Thanks for shedding light on this book.

Sammy13900 · Post by **Sammy13900** » 29 Sep 2020, 21:24

Love and heartbreak are the reasons why we express ourselves using those emotions and writing them like poems can come out excellent like this beautiful book.

Post by **Bertha Jackson** » 29 Sep 2020, 22:06

The themes sound good, but I am not good at reading poetry. Thank you for your review.

tjportugal · Post by **tjportugal** » 01 Oct 2020, 15:32

AnnOgochukwu wrote: ↑28 Sep 2020, 05:20 Matters of the heart can be quite easily expressed in poetry.
Nice review

I agree with you. But there is a minimum standard that you have to achieve. And the deeper the matter, the higher the quality of the poetry that has to be achieved.
Thanks for your comment.

tjportugal · Post by **tjportugal** » 01 Oct 2020, 15:33

Nqobile771 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2020, 04:42 Love, heartbreak and infatuation are the reasons why we have so many amazing poems. Thanks for shedding light on this book.

I'm glad the review was useful. Many great poems come, indeed, from the matters of the heart.
Thank you for your comment.

tjportugal · Post by **tjportugal** » 01 Oct 2020, 15:36

Sammy13900 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2020, 21:24 Love and heartbreak are the reasons why we express ourselves using those emotions and writing them like poems can come out excellent like this beautiful book.

Writing about these themes results in long-lasting literature. And poetry can last the longest.
Thank you for your comment.

tjportugal · Post by **tjportugal** » 01 Oct 2020, 15:37

Bertha Jackson wrote: ↑29 Sep 2020, 22:06 The themes sound good, but I am not good at reading poetry. Thank you for your review.

I'm glad that my reviews help you choose the literature you prefer. That's the whole point of writting them.
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