I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
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I wanted to give this one 3 Stars I really did. Not only because I deeply enjoy HAlsey's music but also because my friend (who kindly borrowed me her copy of that book - thank god bc I would have regretted spending 17€ on this) really loved it. But I really had to force myself to finish this. It does not feel like poetry but more like diary entries from all over the years - and nobody looked over them, because she is a famous singer and therefore it is all right. But it's not. Her rhymes don't cut it for me either. They feel forced or random. There were a few parts I liked though. I don't wanna bash this entire thing but most of it also just felt like it was supposed to be a song and she just put some of her lyrics into a book. Oh wait. She did there is an entire song of hers in it along with other lyric pieces everyone already heard a hundred times. Now I am not mad at this. As I said I love her songs. Just doesn't feel like this is a poetry collection for me. Also, sorry for ranting but the language just really does nothing for me as well. I know she curses a lot in her songs - and it works. But it does not fit into this book. Into her poems. What brings across emotions when the words are sung doesn't always work for reading. I wanna tell you why I gave this 2 Stars though. I apreciate HAlsey's honesty. I can't imagine it was easy for her to write this down, let alone share it with the world. And as I said I liked some few parts of the book ( I liked the painter for example). They just to me fit better in short Stories of her life, she could have put in some sort of memoir or sth similar.
Ich mag die Musik von Halsey. Nicht jedes Lied, aber viele. Umso gespannter war ich auf ihre Gedichte, die sie in »I would leave me if I could« veröffentlicht hat. Leider konnten diese mich letztlich nicht überzeugen. Ich finde, man merkt ihnen an, dass Halsey Lieder schreibt, und ich bin mir sicher, dass sehr viel Persönlichkeit von Halsey in ihren Texten steckt. Sie haben mir nur einfach nicht gefallen. Manche Gedichte haben mich verstört, manche haben mich gelangweilt, generell habe ich nichts für mich mitnehmen können. Und das ist etwas, was mir bei Gedichten wichtig ist: Ich erkenne mich zum Teil in den Texten selbst, sie regen mich zum Nachdenken oder Tagträumen an, inspirieren mich oder sind einfach so schön ausformuliert und wahr, dass ich mir gerne ganze Passagen anstreichen möchte. Ich glaube, zu einem großen Teil kann »I would leave me if I could« als Biografie der Autorin aufgefasst werden. Sie erzählt bruchhaft von prägenden Erlebnissen, wobei ich das Gefühl hatte, dass sie einige der Texte auch in der Zeit geschrieben hat, in der ihr das Erlebte widerfuhr. Vieles liest sich meiner Meinung nach wie Tagebucheinträge von Teenagern. Vielleicht hätten mir die Texte vor einigen Jahren, als ich selbst noch jünger war, besser gefallen. Gleichzeitig sind einige Gedichte aber so düster, dass ich auch das bezweifle. Halsey thematisiert Missbrauch, denkt intensiv über Suizid und Gewalt nach … Ich finde es beeindruckend, wenn Personen solch intime Gedanken mit der Welt teilen, aber über derart düstere (und zum Teil wirklich verstörende) Dinge zu lesen, ist einfach nicht mein Fall.
When I first read this I gave the book five stars, which looking back at it was way too much. Now I'd rate it somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. First of all I'd like to say that I love her way with words and think she's an amazing songwriter. Many of the poems were so raw and emotional and touched me very deeply. However some others were repetitive, used a lot of clichés and bland overused metaphors and felt very immature. For example lines like "And it was on my first day on Earth that I realized that I didn't measure up, and I never would." felt painfully pseudo deep and pretentious. Furthermore the formatting and rhyming felt very amateur. Overall I just wish that her editors and publishers would have been stricter because it feels like they let her just publish whatever because she's famous. Sadly these negative aspects took away a lot from the greatness of this book. It dealt with extremely painful topics like sexual assault, sexuality and racism and Halsey's writing left me at times breathless and upset in the best way. She managed to touch me deeply and her poetry made me think and feel a lot. She does have the potential to be a great poet but she should be more selective with the poems she wants to publish so that the bad ones don't overshine her beautiful ones. Because there are beautiful ones for sure.
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I wanted to give this one 3 Stars I really did. Not only because I deeply enjoy HAlsey's music but also because my friend (who kindly borrowed me her copy of that book - thank god bc I would have regretted spending 17€ on this) really loved it. But I really had to force myself to finish this. It does not feel like poetry but more like diary entries from all over the years - and nobody looked over them, because she is a famous singer and therefore it is all right. But it's not. Her rhymes don't cut it for me either. They feel forced or random. There were a few parts I liked though. I don't wanna bash this entire thing but most of it also just felt like it was supposed to be a song and she just put some of her lyrics into a book. Oh wait. She did there is an entire song of hers in it along with other lyric pieces everyone already heard a hundred times. Now I am not mad at this. As I said I love her songs. Just doesn't feel like this is a poetry collection for me. Also, sorry for ranting but the language just really does nothing for me as well. I know she curses a lot in her songs - and it works. But it does not fit into this book. Into her poems. What brings across emotions when the words are sung doesn't always work for reading. I wanna tell you why I gave this 2 Stars though. I apreciate HAlsey's honesty. I can't imagine it was easy for her to write this down, let alone share it with the world. And as I said I liked some few parts of the book ( I liked the painter for example). They just to me fit better in short Stories of her life, she could have put in some sort of memoir or sth similar.
Ich mag die Musik von Halsey. Nicht jedes Lied, aber viele. Umso gespannter war ich auf ihre Gedichte, die sie in »I would leave me if I could« veröffentlicht hat. Leider konnten diese mich letztlich nicht überzeugen. Ich finde, man merkt ihnen an, dass Halsey Lieder schreibt, und ich bin mir sicher, dass sehr viel Persönlichkeit von Halsey in ihren Texten steckt. Sie haben mir nur einfach nicht gefallen. Manche Gedichte haben mich verstört, manche haben mich gelangweilt, generell habe ich nichts für mich mitnehmen können. Und das ist etwas, was mir bei Gedichten wichtig ist: Ich erkenne mich zum Teil in den Texten selbst, sie regen mich zum Nachdenken oder Tagträumen an, inspirieren mich oder sind einfach so schön ausformuliert und wahr, dass ich mir gerne ganze Passagen anstreichen möchte. Ich glaube, zu einem großen Teil kann »I would leave me if I could« als Biografie der Autorin aufgefasst werden. Sie erzählt bruchhaft von prägenden Erlebnissen, wobei ich das Gefühl hatte, dass sie einige der Texte auch in der Zeit geschrieben hat, in der ihr das Erlebte widerfuhr. Vieles liest sich meiner Meinung nach wie Tagebucheinträge von Teenagern. Vielleicht hätten mir die Texte vor einigen Jahren, als ich selbst noch jünger war, besser gefallen. Gleichzeitig sind einige Gedichte aber so düster, dass ich auch das bezweifle. Halsey thematisiert Missbrauch, denkt intensiv über Suizid und Gewalt nach … Ich finde es beeindruckend, wenn Personen solch intime Gedanken mit der Welt teilen, aber über derart düstere (und zum Teil wirklich verstörende) Dinge zu lesen, ist einfach nicht mein Fall.
When I first read this I gave the book five stars, which looking back at it was way too much. Now I'd rate it somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. First of all I'd like to say that I love her way with words and think she's an amazing songwriter. Many of the poems were so raw and emotional and touched me very deeply. However some others were repetitive, used a lot of clichés and bland overused metaphors and felt very immature. For example lines like "And it was on my first day on Earth that I realized that I didn't measure up, and I never would." felt painfully pseudo deep and pretentious. Furthermore the formatting and rhyming felt very amateur. Overall I just wish that her editors and publishers would have been stricter because it feels like they let her just publish whatever because she's famous. Sadly these negative aspects took away a lot from the greatness of this book. It dealt with extremely painful topics like sexual assault, sexuality and racism and Halsey's writing left me at times breathless and upset in the best way. She managed to touch me deeply and her poetry made me think and feel a lot. She does have the potential to be a great poet but she should be more selective with the poems she wants to publish so that the bad ones don't overshine her beautiful ones. Because there are beautiful ones for sure.