Stephanie Jane recenzis Hopeless Love de Kerdel Ellick
Unrequited love
3 steloj
Hopeless Love was the first of two poetry books I chose to download as part of the 2017 Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale.
Kerdel Ellick's poetry appealed to me because he is a St Lucian author and I haven't read anything from that country before. Hopeless Love is a collection of seven poems themed around unrequited love and it is redolent with teenage angst and anger. At times Ellick's unnamed poet narrator (himself)? is frightening in his obsession, especially his indignation that the woman at the focus of his desire somehow owes him her attention.
The poetry itself uses a more prose-based than rhythmic and rhyming approach and there is some fairly grotesque imagery at times! I was frequently thrown by Ellick's strange use of plurals, initially wondering if this was a style decision and, if so, why. As a young adult poetry collection, I think Hopeless Love will have a wide …
Hopeless Love was the first of two poetry books I chose to download as part of the 2017 Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale.
Kerdel Ellick's poetry appealed to me because he is a St Lucian author and I haven't read anything from that country before. Hopeless Love is a collection of seven poems themed around unrequited love and it is redolent with teenage angst and anger. At times Ellick's unnamed poet narrator (himself)? is frightening in his obsession, especially his indignation that the woman at the focus of his desire somehow owes him her attention.
The poetry itself uses a more prose-based than rhythmic and rhyming approach and there is some fairly grotesque imagery at times! I was frequently thrown by Ellick's strange use of plurals, initially wondering if this was a style decision and, if so, why. As a young adult poetry collection, I think Hopeless Love will have a wide thematic appeal.