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A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino

themadtwist's review against another edition

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4.0

"No one will ever fully be able to understand the internal battles you had to endure just to heal, just to grow, just to make it here today. Be proud of the way you fought to save yourself. Be proud of the way you survived."

This book was for the little girl in me. So I took her out and made her sit on a beanbag chair. She just listened as I read to her. She always seems to tug on my heartstrings when I see her. My God, how beautiful she is. When I finished, we were both teary-eyed. And we sat there, just looking at each other. God, I wanna hold her. But all I could muster up to that beautiful broken little girl was, “I’m sorry, lil one.”

Not all poetry to me has to be lyrically artistic and polished. There is beauty in rawness. In the mess. Let it be formed from whatever source it came from. Let it be what it wants to be, not what you want it to be. This book is for people like me to take out and read every once in a while to recenter our younger selves. To remind ourselves. I feel like I don’t need to explain what that means, ‘people like me’. When you check out the description of this book if you are drawn to it like I was? Trust me, take out your younger self and read it to them.

“It is through our darkened journey that we are taught how to appreciate the warmth, how to chase the light.”

lunainfires's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

leann_books's review against another edition

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5.0

A lovely companion for the brokenhearted. So many beautiful affirmations!!

ledixjuillet's review against another edition

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3.0

At first it was quite catchy and motivating, but as you keep reading you realise it’s a bit repetitive. However, it’s not tough at all.

anaelg's review against another edition

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3.0

I felt like it was more for a person who just went through a breakup - wasn’t my case
Guess it’s not really my kind of book

kimlim's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

cheyfuller143's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

aniavyo's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.25

khe's review against another edition

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informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

started this book a very long time ago to the point where i can’t even remember the actual date of when i started. anyway, this book is for the girls who want self reassurance but don’t know how to give it to themselves. it is assuring and raw. 

after awhile it did get repetitive and some of the phrases seemed unoriginal. they were similar to some quotes that i saw online but they were just worded differently.