The lovely Lizbeth Wright sent me her poetry collection … in physical form! Woo! I just feel so much more legit as a reviewer when I can hold the actual book in my hands. Points for style, Ms. Wright!
And now … THE REVIEW! Dum dum dummmm …
The Book
A Sense of Light or Darkness
The Genre
Poetry
The Author
Lizbeth was born and raised in Las Vegas, where she graduated from UNLV with an English degree in 2010. She loves to write, her favourite colour is brown, and her main forms of entertainment are video games and movies. Several of her poems have won awards and been published in both print and audio collections.
The Plot
Since it’s poetry, it doesn’t really have a plot. All the poems do, however, have something to do with either light, or darkness, or both — hence the title of the collection!
The Review
The poems in this collection are beautiful. The imagery is at times haunting, at times ethereal. I love the theme of these poems — light and darkness. It’s very Kingdom Hearts (video game), which the poet mentions in the preface was one of her inspirations. I’m not a huge poetry fan, but I definitely enjoyed reading this collection.
Several of the poems in this collection really stick out in my mind — namely, Full Moon, Shadows, and The Tower Window. My favourite is definitely The Tower Window — it’s creepy, it’s intriguing, and I feel like there’s some moral to the tale, although I can’t imagine what it might be. I love when a poem really evokes emotion in you, and tells a story that you remember long after you’ve read it. That’s what The Tower Window did for me.
The Rating
4 out of 5 stars for the collection as a whole ( but 5 out of 5 for those three poems I mentioned!)
Check out Lizbeth’s blog here.
Unrelated media of the day:
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Aw, thanks!!!
Great review – and I just LOVE that book cover 😀
Isn’t it cool? The black twisty tree branch is just plain creepy – but I think that’s the point 😀
Oh wow, thanks so much for the great review! I was so nervous when I started reading it haha, but I am happy you enjoyed it. 🙂
I did indeed 😀
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