Official Review: Human Nature The Sterling The Fallacious...

[Donatelloo]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Human Nature The Sterling The Fallacious The Hideous" by Salvador DeLaRosa.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Human Nature, The Sterling, The Fallacious, The Hideous is a collection of poetic articles, cultural and political poems. It is written by Salvador DeLaRosa. His friend , Edward J. Kruck, played an important role in encouraging and inspiring him to write and publish his compilation. Alone,  the novel's title is too alluring to attract the readers. The writer's choice for the title of each and every poem and article is wonderful. My favorite one is 'One Soul, Once Palace, One Conscious'.

It won't be possible to summarize the whole book because it is a collection of pieces rather than one single piece of writing but what I admire the most is that although it comprises of different pieces, you can still look at it as a single chart consisting of meaningful lessons.Furthermore, it has 30 poems. Each poem in this book has its own significance and is worth reading.

What I loved the most about this novel is that deep down in every poem, there's a lesson to learn. The first one is 'The color of suits' which is about discrimination on basis of color and the lesson which it delivered is that we all should cross that line which stops us from merging into others merely based upon the factors like color,culture and society . Moreover, the writer seems very interested in political issues and his articles said so much about court, laws and leaders. I liked how he pushed his readers to open their eyes and realize what is right and wrong in our perspectives , society and in our politics. My favourite article from this novel is 'One Soul, One Palace, One Conscious' which affected me in a very positive manner. It said that we wish for love desperately and when we get it , we spend the rest of our lives challenging it, thus disallowing the growth of its wonder.

One negative point about this novel is that I had to read every poem and article twice to understand what it says. That somehow irritated me .Moreover, the writer selected so many difficult words that were difficult to understand . Being honest, I have never read any poetry before and this one was my first experience and I didn't enjoy it. On the contrary, I can't deny that it raised awareness about a lot of topics like politics, society and our personal lives. I didn't find any grammatical errors and I am impressed by that fact.

Overall, I must admire the writer's thinking and his writing style. I have never read any book before which is a compilation of so many lessons under a single book cover. I am  impressed by that too.I would rate it 3 out of 4 because as I mentioned that I had to read every page twice to understand what it says, and the selection of words made it very difficult to understand and to continue to read. Being honest, I do not have much interest in poetry so I didn't like this novel that much but those who are interested in poetry are definitely going to love this novel. I would definitely recommend it to those who want to learn lessons from it.

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[LadyClaire]

Nice review, Nazir. Those who love poetry will certainly love this one. It's amazing to come across poetry that dwells on more concrete themes. I'm not the political-political poetry person so I'll skip this one.

[Onyinyechukwu]

I was also attracted by the title of the novel but disappointed to hear it was poetry. I like poetry especially when the intended meaning is written down as a side note, it makes it more interesting to unravel its meaning, like a puzzle. Thanks for the review.

[Naval Aulakh]

The review is good. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for the review!

[kandscreeley]

I haven't read any poetry in a long time. I probably should try it again. It never really was my favorite, but that was when I was in school. Thanks for the review.

[ritah]

I love poetry and totally wouldn't mind expanding my vocabulary, sounds like just the book for me!

[Donatelloo]

Thank you so much for your time ????
I can't deny that I learned a lot from this book

[Kelebogile Mbangi]

Wow, powerful message that is carried by your favourite article. Sounds thought provoking!

[Excitedreads]

Nice review Nazir. I haven't reaf much poetry, but of recent i've been searching for books that habe more than just a story to tell. Maybe i'll try it. And thank you again for a great review.

[Donatelloo]

Wow, powerful message that is carried by your favourite article. Sounds thought provoking!

yesss I loved that message ??

-- 09 Aug 2017, 11:56 --

Nice review Nazir. I haven't reaf much poetry, but of recent i've been searching for books that habe more than just a story to tell. Maybe i'll try it. And thank you again for a great review.

I hope you'll find it worth reading

[Manang Muyang]

This is a very honest review, Darakhshan Nazir. I like the way you described your reading experience. The title itself is already a preview to the challenging words found in the pages. The book seems intended to exercise both the mind and the heart.

[Donatelloo]

This is a very honest review, Darakhshan Nazir. I like the way you described your reading experience. The title itself is already a preview to the challenging words found in the pages. The book seems intended to exercise both the mind and the heart.

Thank you ??

[Gingerbo0ks]

I hope this hasn't put you off reading anymore poetry. It was good of you to write a nice review based on the book and your experience reading it. I probably won't be reading this one as it sounds a bit of a struggle having to read everything over twice.

[MrsCatInTheHat]

Poetry often requires repeated readings to get the hidden meanings. If you give more poetry a try, you'll see what I mean. Thank you for your insightful review.

[Donatelloo]

I hope this hasn't put you off reading anymore poetry. It was good of you to write a nice review based on the book and your experience reading it. I probably won't be reading this one as it sounds a bit of a struggle having to read everything over twice.

I am not sure about will I be reading anymore poetry or not but yes I had to read twice which irritated me

-- 10 Aug 2017, 12:18 --

Poetry often requires repeated readings to get the hidden meanings. If you give more poetry a try, you'll see what I mean. Thank you for your insightful review.

I think I should read more poett to understand what you just said??