Glass Hearts and Broken Promises

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I would have been disappointed if that had been as bad as it got, but I might have nonetheless found some pleasure in that strange, sweet pain you get when reading about someone else's pain (or someone else working through their pain?). But even that was impossible, because I felt absolutely nothing.

You had me believing that I meant more to you than what I actually did. You were always great at making me believe in lies (68)PDF / EPUB File Name: Aisling_A_Spell_Unbinding_-_AE_Jurgens.pdf, Aisling_A_Spell_Unbinding_-_AE_Jurgens.epub

There were several poems I did like in this book. I think the author has potential, but this collection was not my favorite collection in terms of poetry. I feel that you would enjoy this poetry collection if you are looking for one at beginner’s level, if you have read and love short simple writing and if you love the themes covered in collections by Amanda Lovelace.

Thank you to the publisher for providing an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Glass Hearts & Broken Promises is a very modern collection of poems in that it has no rhymes, no verse, no titles, and barely any punctuation. And that could have been fine! Some of my favourite poems ever are in free verse! Anyone who's ever read any poem Mary Oliver wrote knows free verse can be done well. You cared about them more than anyone else in the world. Believed that they could change and you kept loving them even though they never deserved it and it was never enough because they walked away like it was nothing (126)

Sometimes I wish you would have loved me like I loved you. love isn’t worrying about the other people they’re texting claiming that they’re just friends. So, if you would have loved me like I loved you I would’ve never learned that love was never you to begin with (134) Glass Hearts and Broken Promises is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, self-love, and raw/unfiltered emotions. It guides you through the journey of heartache and reminds you to embrace the love from within. Product details Glass Hearts and Broken Promises by Kayla McCullough is a collection of poetry about heartbreak and healing. It focuses on breakups, moving on, and self-love, and it does so in a very straightforward way.The Strength In Our Scars” is Bianca Sparacino’s reminder to you: No matter what you’re going through, no matter where you are on your healing journey—you are strong. Why did you come into my life acting like you loved me. Showing me something I never had before. Making me believe you cared and then leave? (27) You kept me hanging on by a string. Made me believe in every word you would say never giving me more than what would keep me alive. You had me convinced that you cared (30) I’d spent forever waking up beside you. Learning the way you liked your coffee. Listening to what brought you joy in this world and consoling you when things didn’t go as planned. It was brutal letting all that go. I was suspended in a future that I thought we both had wanted and now that that’s gone (111) None of that can amound to poetry. Whatever this book is, it's certainly not poetry. It has none of its hallmarks, and because it's so full of clichés, it's not even moving. It's poetry only because it's being sold as such. In reality, this is simply a diary with strange line breaks and a meandering style (for a diary).

As someone who does like free-verse, it was hard to even justify this as such. At times, the writing seemed clunky and full of cliches; an amalgamation of what I hate calling “instapoetry”. Perhaps it may have been my inability to connect with some of the topics such as that of heartbreak, but it didn’t necessarily seem profound, and something out of a cheesy romcom or a friend grasping at straws trying to convince you to get over your ex. If you like the thought of reading something that feels like a friend is talking to you about their breakup and how they're healing from it (and how you could heal from yours), I think you're going to like it. If you like descriptive poems that are more abstract, this is definitely not for you. I think it could also work really well for people who haven't read a lot of poetry before. This book of poetry was less poetry and more everyday life advice you hear from your family and friends. I found it to be highly repetitive and very similar to many other poems and quotes you see on the internet. There were many times I thought I was just reading self affirmations.

I don’t want to lose you but if I do I really hope that we were just two people who had to lose each other to find each other again (17) I adored this collection and found myself relating to a lot that the author went through. She writes about unrequited love, how it affects us in all sorts of ways, and the struggles with healing. I really liked how there was a good variety between short and long poems and quotes as to not over or underwhelm readers. While relatable to someone who has suffered heartbreak, I felt like I was reading a young woman/teen girls personal diary about a boy who she can’t stop thinking about. This was just not good. Someone must have broken the author's heart really badly and they must have put all their feelings into these poems, but in sense of poetry and literature this this book gave me nothing. I'm sorry your heart broke and I'm sure that someone who also got their heart broken could find some comfort from this book and reading about someone who relates, but other than that I don't have much positive to say.