Review of The Space Between
Posted: 10 Jul 2022, 07:30
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Space Between" by Warren Place.]
The Space Between by Warren M. Place is a collection of poetry works all written by the author himself. Focusing on several issues or topics, it focuses mostly on the expression of pain, loneliness, depression, and anxiety through poetry. It contains a total of 198 poems, all telling different stories about the various emotions which humans feel.
This book makes excellent use of descriptive words and sentences to paint an image of the message the author is passing across. This is one of the positive aspects of the book. It conveys the emotions the author is trying to pass across from the poet to the reader in an easy pattern.
Another positive aspect of this book is that it tells stories that a large number of people can easily relate to. Mostly focused on themes of pain and depression, this book can easily be read and understood by anyone going through a process at that moment. This helps for easier communication.
One of the negative aspects of this book is that, like all works of poetry, this book leaves too much to the imagination. That is, one can easily not get the message the author is trying to pass across but understand his own; that is, he creates his interpretation from the words provided to him by the author or poet. This can easily lead to a misinterpretation of the poet's work for an interpretation that seems right to the reader at any point in time.
Another negative aspect of this book is the flow of the book. At certain points, the book gets confusing due to a lack of clarity on the topic on the part of the poet. At some point, the author himself says he knows his words make no sense but keeps on going. The message he is trying to pass across is relatively difficult due to this.
While reading this book, I observed that there were no errors contained within this book. This leads one to believe that this book was exceptionally well-edited. However, contained within this book is a high number of profanities like 'f*ck' and 'bitch', among others.
I would rate this book three out of four stars. I gave this book this rating due to the aforementioned negative effects that make understanding the book a truly herculean task. I would, however, recommend this book to all who are interested in poetry, all those who are dealing with pains they do not speak of, and all who wish to learn how to deal with loneliness and also grief or feelings of bereavement.
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The Space Between
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The Space Between by Warren M. Place is a collection of poetry works all written by the author himself. Focusing on several issues or topics, it focuses mostly on the expression of pain, loneliness, depression, and anxiety through poetry. It contains a total of 198 poems, all telling different stories about the various emotions which humans feel.
This book makes excellent use of descriptive words and sentences to paint an image of the message the author is passing across. This is one of the positive aspects of the book. It conveys the emotions the author is trying to pass across from the poet to the reader in an easy pattern.
Another positive aspect of this book is that it tells stories that a large number of people can easily relate to. Mostly focused on themes of pain and depression, this book can easily be read and understood by anyone going through a process at that moment. This helps for easier communication.
One of the negative aspects of this book is that, like all works of poetry, this book leaves too much to the imagination. That is, one can easily not get the message the author is trying to pass across but understand his own; that is, he creates his interpretation from the words provided to him by the author or poet. This can easily lead to a misinterpretation of the poet's work for an interpretation that seems right to the reader at any point in time.
Another negative aspect of this book is the flow of the book. At certain points, the book gets confusing due to a lack of clarity on the topic on the part of the poet. At some point, the author himself says he knows his words make no sense but keeps on going. The message he is trying to pass across is relatively difficult due to this.
While reading this book, I observed that there were no errors contained within this book. This leads one to believe that this book was exceptionally well-edited. However, contained within this book is a high number of profanities like 'f*ck' and 'bitch', among others.
I would rate this book three out of four stars. I gave this book this rating due to the aforementioned negative effects that make understanding the book a truly herculean task. I would, however, recommend this book to all who are interested in poetry, all those who are dealing with pains they do not speak of, and all who wish to learn how to deal with loneliness and also grief or feelings of bereavement.
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The Space Between
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon