Sad & Sexy - book review
A poetry collection that tells the truth about wanting what is not entirely good for you.
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Hello Valued Listeners,
I recently bought the poetry book by Sad & Sexy by Aminahknows, and here’s my honest short review of the book.
Some books explain feelings. This one holds them.
Sad & Sexy is a slim poetry collection that does not try to impress you. It tries to be honest. There is a difference, and @aminahknows understands it.
The book exists within a specific emotional loop of wanting closeness, recognizing the damage it brings, and then returning to it anyway.
That’s not weakness. That’s most of us.
My favorite piece is the poem that starts with the line, “You're my safety and you're my curse". This is the thesis of the whole collection. Everything else orbits it. The speaker doesn’t resolve the contradiction. She sits inside it. "You bring me peace, you bring me trouble."
No dramatic exit. No tidy lesson. Just the thing as it is.
That restraint is the work.
The poems are short. Precise. Each one feels like another attempt to name something that keeps slipping. Love, in this collection, is not an event. It’s a pattern. The speaker sees the pattern clearly. Seeing it doesn’t stop it.
Read this if you’ve ever wanted someone who was not entirely good for you and wanted them anyway. Read it if you are tired of poetry that performs feeling instead of telling the truth about it. Read it if you are somewhere between longing and self-awareness and not sure how to explain that to anyone.
@aminahknows explains it.
You can purchase Sad and Sexy by clicking here.
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