Review: September Love

September Love by Lang Leav
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This has proved a difficult book to rate accurately because collections often are. In bits and pieces, this book made my chest heave and my hands grip tightly. In bits and pieces, it was beautiful poetry that I wish I could remember forever. The images were vivid, the words made to be spoken out loud and shared. In bits and pieces, it was brilliant poetry.

And then, in bits and pieces, the poetry felt off. Juvenile, rhymed badly, with discontinuous concepts that didn't quite work. And in those moments, the book was not great. I didn't want to read anymore. I wanted to put it down and find something else.

And so it was. Good and bad, incredible and not-so-great. Too short and too long. I can't help but recommend it for the gems scattered throughout, though you'll have to wade through some mud to get to them.

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