Review: Incredibly Emotional
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2011
I must first mention that I do not normally read poetry and short story collections. I must also point out that (for many reasons) I could not just sit and read this in one sitting. All of the short stories and poems are incredibly deep and emotional. My regular reading list consists of PNR, UF, and CR so switching my brain from fantasy to deep emotional connection didn't just snap for me, which is why it took a little longer to read this.The first two short stories (Stripes and Lollipops, And Then He Smiled) brought me to tears, they we so incredibly moving. After reading those two I knew I couldn't emotionally handle reading one story after another. That to me is a testament to the quality, when a work can evokes so much emotion. A few of the other stories were more along the lines of depression. Juliet tweaked a few of my pet peeves because names were constantly repeated and it really took away from the content, it became pretty choppy and read more like a screenplay. If that is what the story was intended to be, the writer hit the head of the nail perfectly. All That We Are is a beautifully told story and might be one of my favorites within this collection.The Art was incredible! So much talent! A feminine illumination and Faces were definitely my favorite collections, but I think Art is one of those things that effects and attract different types of people to different types of collections.Poetry is like Art. All the poetry is beautiful in its own way. Some poetry has rhyme and reason while others are a mess that tells a story about a mess. My favorite was Daddy's Little Angel because at this point in my life it spoke to me like the others didn't.I am not a teenager and I am not going through the depression teenagers often fall into so some of the works in this book didn't appeal to me in that way. I am not dying and I have not lost someone in my life that meant the world to me, so again some of the stories and poems didn't appeal to me in that way. What I am is a woman and a mother, I have parents, and I was once a teenager, I am alive, and I am living my life. I am an avid reader, while reading books the majority of the time I put myself in the shoes of the heroine. In most of these stories and poems I put people I know and have known throughout life into that role.This book is an incredible collection filled with incredible talent. If you are looking for something to tell you a story of life and its ups and downs, uplifts and downfalls, than this is a must read.