Publishing date: 31.07.2024

Thank you to NetGalley and Anxiety Press for the ARC. My opinions are my own. 

The book as a meal: A tasty fruit sorbet after wandering a haunted house at a theme park

The book left me: Very satisfied and craving more poems

Negatives: 

Too few poems (I am actively craving more) 

Positives: 

Varying themes in the poems

Both funny, tragic, and "what just happened"

Features: 

Easy to read and comfortably formatted poems, varying themes, lots of humor and surrealism

Why did I choose this one? 
The title alone was enough to know that this would be up my alley (in combo with the genres I mean). Description didn't give off a lot, so I had to take a leap and judge the cover. 

Pick-up-able? Put-down-able? 

Devourable. I ate this up in a single sitting before my morning meetings. A nice treat before an honest day of work. 

What was the vibe and mood? 

A little bit like an old man yapping about everything and nothing at the same time with someone that is not part of his generation. It is a bunch of silly nothings and also a bunch  of horrifying tales you wish no one went through

Final ranking and star rating? 

A tier, 4 stars. Stunning collection of poetry. Just what I needed when I needed it. It gave a perfect blend of everything I look for in poetry collections. I absolutely recommend this to anyone vaguely interested in reading something slightly different to most collections. 

Favorite poems:

The Magician

You're welcome

Dr. Freud

A Discourse in Cultural Heritage

Horseplay

Proper Gangsta

Vaba Banga

Planet Woman

Buddha on a Bicycle

Discombobulation