Review of Renaissance of Butterflies

[Ekezie1998]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Renaissance of Butterflies" by Angel Ramos.]

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1 out of 4 stars

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It is not often that you come across a book that seems to double as both a motivational book and an anthology of poetry. In Renaissance of Butterflies, Angel Ramos uses words to show us the importance of self-love, self-respect, and self-understanding.

This book is all about an emphasis on self. Do you truly understand yourself? Do you know what makes you happy? The author highlights that the key to happiness is not allowing our past to determine our future and robbing us of our present blessings. In this book, the author dwells on such themes as self, understanding, patience, love, and friendship.

I cannot highlight a single positive point that this book possesses. Being a great fan of poetry, I picked up this book with an earnest expectation to be satisfied, but I was in for a shocker. Within the very first page of this book alone, I discovered a minimum of ten errors. Safe to say that the author did not bother to have this anthology even slightly edited. Beyond the plethora of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors that littered this work and made understanding remotely impossible, most of the sentences do not convey any meaning, and sentence structures and arrangements might fill readers with an intense amount of ire and exasperation.

How do you say that a book you have read is very poor without trying to sound too judgmental? This book is a book that the reader will endure like a marathoner to the finish line. Except that, in the end, instead of being filled with a deep sense of fulfillment, he will be filled with exasperation, frustration, and fatigue. Take, for example, the following lines on page 229, “The entity of origin is essence,” “The origin of a speak is present”(page 229). What do these sentences mean?

In the few lines that the author is able to pass on a readable strain of thought, the messages of self-love, self-respect, happiness, and the power of emotions are over-emphasized. This book will best be classified as a poor attempt at a motivational book instead of an anthology of poems.

Where were the poems? I could not locate a single poetic device, and the words kept flowing into each other unintelligibly. The absence of titles or chapter headings means that the reader is stranded like a wanderer in the desert, wondering what topic the author discusses. I regret to sound so dismissive, yet my conscience prevents me from shielding my utter disappointment after completing this book. I give this book a rating of 1 out of 4 stars, and this, in itself, flatters to deceive. This book would have gotten a worse rating if it was possible and if not for the need to encourage and commend one’s raw efforts. You do not need a soothsayer to decipher that I do not intend to recommend this book to anyone.

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[Patty Allread]

I can certainly see how disappointed you were with this book, and I can see why. I appreciate your honest review, which does not sound too judgemental to me.

[Mary254]

We should value friendship and honor it.

[Ntokozo Joy Ndlovu]

The candour in your review is intense. As a fan of poetry I am saddened that you found a piece of work this disappointing. But despite all that, the depth of your analysis is commendable. Thanks for the great review

[Pearl Thomas]

Being a fan of poetry myself, it's shocking to see how the lines you mentioned from page 229 even got a book of their own.

[Alice Fu]

thank you for writing this review, its a pity that this book isn't as good as it first seemed based on the cover and title, but I appreciate your honesty and you do not sound particularly harsh about it either

[Boohoo31]

Thanks for an honest review, but I’ll pass on this judging from your comments on it and I’m not a fan of poetry.

[-EntleM]

I like the fact the review has picked up mistakes and shows the honest comments

[Aisha Yakub]

A lot of people neither understand themselves or know what makes them happy. While it would be great learn from this piece, the mistakes are just so resounding. Thank you for the review.

[cutemami]

This book has a very interesting premise and it is just a shame that it was executed poorly.

[Essy Nma]

I thought this would be about Butterfly majorly. Thanks for the review.