I would like to start off this review by saying that I am not a picky reader. I'd consider myself very easy to please, especially when it comes to poetry (my profile currently states that I give an average rating of 4.27 stars out of 5, if that tells you anything).So. Here we go.

This, at first, will sound harsh (bear with me), but these poems reminded me of the poetry that I filled notebooks with back in high school. Do not misunderstand- my poetry wasn't half bad. While they were base on an emotion or an experience, my focus was more on the superficial aspects of writing, such as my word choice, the structure, and the rhyming schemes, rather than being truly expressive. So while they technically met the criteria of a poem, the flow felt forced. that was precisely the experience I got with "A Beautiful Composition of Broken".

I HATE to compare one author to another, especially when the subject matter is so personal, but I can't say that Sin's work quite holds a candle to Amanda Lovelace's "The Princess Saves Herself in This One" or Rupi Kaur's "Milk and Honey", which both feature extremely similar themes (if you haven't read them already, I highly suggest that you do so).

I've come across some really great two-liners in my day. However, the shorter the poem is, the more it needs to resonate. A lot of Sin's very brief pieces just didn't drive it home for me. Many of the poems feel less expressive and more like advice you might encounter on an embroidered pillow or a poster in your therapist's office.

All this being said, this collection aptly calls to mind a specific relationship that I'd been in. If not poetically, it still accurately describes how it feels to be bedfellows with a stranger you used to love. If ever there were a time to read through this collection, it would be immediately following the end of a bad relationship.

If you are someone that enjoyed this book, I don't believe that you are unfounded. It simply wasn't for me, especially in comparison to some of my favorites.