Review of A Brighter Tomorrow
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Review of A Brighter Tomorrow
[Following is a volunteer review of "A Brighter Tomorrow" by Lori Schneider, MD.]
Amid the challenging times of the pandemic, a doctor found solace in poetically writing the hope she envisions for the future. A Brighter Tomorrow by Lori Schneider, MD, is a collection of poetry detailing the current challenges we are all facing and the hope for love, unity, and compassion to get us through these challenges. Most of the poems are accompanied by artworks inspired by Impressionist and post-Impressionist art made by Dr. Mark Salevitz.
This poetry collection is composed of narrative poems that depict current situations, like the pandemic, the election, and the fight against injustices. It includes different stories of different kinds of people. There is a poem about an interracial couple, a single mom, frontline workers, and poems representing those who died fighting for their human rights. The author even included some events that happened long ago in World War II. These events and stories are written to show what compassion, love, and understanding can do when there’s a hardship.
At first, I didn’t find anything unique and spectacular about this collection. I didn’t notice any creativity in the poems, as the end rhymes have a consistent pattern of AABB or ABAB. The messages of the first few poems had no personality. The messages are more of the general public's thoughts, like frontline workers are heroes and don’t take your vote for granted. I kept looking for the author’s unique thoughts in these poems. Something to make it special. However, as I got deep into this collection, I noticed that it’s not about the author; It's about other people’s stories.
What I thought was negative turned out to be something positive. I enjoyed reading these people’s stories. I genuinely feel like the author represented their stories wonderfully. Each poem included in this collection highlighted love, compassion, and hope. I loved that the poems are relevant to current times. I related so much to the poem, “Say Our Name!” It’s a poem about people who died because of injustice. It made me think of Kian Delos Santos, an innocent who died in the Philippines during the anti-drug operation.
I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I started with negative feelings about this book, but it quickly redeemed itself. I ended up loving every poem in this book. The artworks are lovely too, and there was no grammatical error. The poems are timely and heartfelt. This collection delivered its message really well.
I would recommend this to adult readers who enjoy poetry collections. Different kinds of stories are represented in this book. Many people might enjoy reading this because they might find their own story in one of these pages and know there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow.
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A Brighter Tomorrow
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Amid the challenging times of the pandemic, a doctor found solace in poetically writing the hope she envisions for the future. A Brighter Tomorrow by Lori Schneider, MD, is a collection of poetry detailing the current challenges we are all facing and the hope for love, unity, and compassion to get us through these challenges. Most of the poems are accompanied by artworks inspired by Impressionist and post-Impressionist art made by Dr. Mark Salevitz.
This poetry collection is composed of narrative poems that depict current situations, like the pandemic, the election, and the fight against injustices. It includes different stories of different kinds of people. There is a poem about an interracial couple, a single mom, frontline workers, and poems representing those who died fighting for their human rights. The author even included some events that happened long ago in World War II. These events and stories are written to show what compassion, love, and understanding can do when there’s a hardship.
At first, I didn’t find anything unique and spectacular about this collection. I didn’t notice any creativity in the poems, as the end rhymes have a consistent pattern of AABB or ABAB. The messages of the first few poems had no personality. The messages are more of the general public's thoughts, like frontline workers are heroes and don’t take your vote for granted. I kept looking for the author’s unique thoughts in these poems. Something to make it special. However, as I got deep into this collection, I noticed that it’s not about the author; It's about other people’s stories.
What I thought was negative turned out to be something positive. I enjoyed reading these people’s stories. I genuinely feel like the author represented their stories wonderfully. Each poem included in this collection highlighted love, compassion, and hope. I loved that the poems are relevant to current times. I related so much to the poem, “Say Our Name!” It’s a poem about people who died because of injustice. It made me think of Kian Delos Santos, an innocent who died in the Philippines during the anti-drug operation.
I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I started with negative feelings about this book, but it quickly redeemed itself. I ended up loving every poem in this book. The artworks are lovely too, and there was no grammatical error. The poems are timely and heartfelt. This collection delivered its message really well.
I would recommend this to adult readers who enjoy poetry collections. Different kinds of stories are represented in this book. Many people might enjoy reading this because they might find their own story in one of these pages and know there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow.
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A Brighter Tomorrow
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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