All the Love You Carry
By Charis Ed
4 stars
Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All of the opinions are my own and this did not affect my review in any way.
“One of the most painful roads out there is the need for a certain love to be set free because some souls were destined to collide but are not destined to be”
When I received a copy of this collection I knew I had to read it right away. I was in the mood to read a poetry collection that would fill my heart up and make me reflect on love and what is means. All the Love You Carry did exactly that, this collection is a book about love in all its forms, whether its love towards others or towards ourselves and I ended up really enjoying this book.
All the Love You Carry is a reminder of the interconnectedness of everything in our universe through the wonder that is love. This book recognizes that love may just be the most powerful force our existence can ever experience and the most profound work of art we can ever create for others and ourselves.
What I liked most about this book was the importance the author puts on self-love, Charis Ed argues that in other for us to truly love someone else and be happy we first need to find love within ourselves and I thought that was beautiful. This book is dived in three parts and each sections deals with a different type of love, I personally enjoyed the most the second part but all three sections are amazing in their own way.
The writing style is simple yet beautiful, this is not some poetry collection where you have to guess or really dive deep into what the author is meaning. Charis Ed goes straight to the point she is trying to make and I really appreciated that because instead of wasting time trying to decipher the meaning I was able to use my reading time reflecting on what the author was very clearly stating. For me, this is the type of poetry that works best and that is why I ended up really connecting with what the author was saying.
My only minor complaint about this collection was how repetitive it was, there are approximately 300 poems in this collection which were wonderful, however most of the poems said or talked about the exact same thing and although each poems is unique it did end up being a little too repetitive for my taste. However I am able to look past this because the most of the poems ended up hitting way too hard for me.
Overall, All the Love You Carry is a deep exploration of love and all its forms, this collection is for everyone and I believe each reader is going to be able to get something from reading this. I adore that the author is in the medical field and I find it very inspiring that she branched out of her profession and followed her dream of writing because this way very inspiring to read. I will for sure keep an eye out to anything else published by this author.
“The timing is not the enemy, the timing is the lesson”
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