Official Review: All The Things A Man Can Write
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Official Review: All The Things A Man Can Write
All the Things a Man Can Write by Sentual Strong is a collection of poems that gathers the author’s own experiences, his societal opinions, and his words of encouragement in a short book of poetry. The poems are grouped under five main headers including chapter topics such as “Motivation,” “Connection,” and “Winning and Losing.” The individual poems center around relatable topics such as depression, rejection, and violence, but generally bring a positive, optimistic perspective to overcoming these issues. The book begins with a brief summary where Strong states that he hopes his words are used to bring about something good, and that attitude is truly present in his writing.
I enjoyed that many of the poems centered around the author’s personal experiences in a way that was very relatable to nearly every person’s experience at some point in their life. Strong states from that start that he wants to be an encouragement to his readers, and I believe he does a good job pursuing that goal. He addresses many of the questions and discouraging moments of life, but brings uplifting words of encouragement to those who can relate to the pain contained within the poems.
There are also some beautifully written moments within this book with lyrical phrasings that are a joy to read. Unfortunately, other sentences within this text are practically impossible to understand. Nearly every page of this book contains spelling and grammatical errors that make the text very challenging to enjoy. The use of poetry rather than prose creates space for more grammatical leniency, but many of the poems have phrasings that are very awkwardly put together and cumbersome in a way that takes away greatly from the reading experience.
I would give All the Things a Man Can Write by Sentual Strong a two out of four stars rating. This collection of poems has good intentions and some beautiful moments but is so overwhelmed with grammatical errors and disjointed writing that I was unable to award the text more than two stars. This book has a very real and intimate tone and would be a pleasure to read if it went through a serious amount of revision and editing.
I would recommend this book to those who enjoy poetry centered around personal experiences and storytelling. I would not be able to strongly recommend this book because of the issues mentioned, but All the Things a Man Can Write is an interesting text that explores humanity through poetry.
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Great review.
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It does have good intentions and tries to bring and uplifting tone to its readers.GoodLuck ES wrote: ↑23 Apr 2021, 00:15 A book containing poems that focus on topics such as rejection, depression and violence but still manages to bring a positive perspective to overcoming these issues is one I will love to read.
Great review.
I thought so too! Hopefully this book is edited and improved because it is an interesting concept .Kavita Shah wrote: ↑23 Apr 2021, 05:31 The title is eye catching. I mean who wouldn't wan to know what a man can write. But the numerous errors will make it a bad reading experience, until next time. Thanks for the review!
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I'm glad that was your experience! Thank you so much for stopping by!Booklover Becca wrote: ↑23 Apr 2021, 10:40 Very clear and thoughtful review! Poetry is so hard to review because it’s so subjective, but you made it very understandable. Thanks!
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I agree it can take away quite a bit form the experience. Thank you for your comment!
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Thank you for stopping by!sharon titus wrote: ↑24 Apr 2021, 05:56 This sounds like an interesting read. Thank you for your hard work.
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