September 2022 review of Take Me with You

Date-9.3.22

 Take Me with You

Written by Andrea Gibson

About from Goodreads.com

For readers of Rupi Kaur (Milk and Honey) and Cheryl Strayed, a book small enough to carry with you, with messages big enough to stay with you, from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time.

Andrea Gibson explores themes of love, gender, politics, sexuality, family, and forgiveness with stunning imagery and a fierce willingness to delve into the exploration of what it means to heal and to be different in this strange age. Take Me With You, illustrated throughout with evocative line drawings by Sarah J. Coleman, is small enough to fit in your bag, with messages that are big enough to wake even the sleepiest heart. Divided into three sections (love, the world, and becoming) of one liners, couplets, greatest hits phrases, and longer form poems, it has something for everyone, and will be placed in stockings, lockers, and the hands of anyone who could use its wisdom.

Review

Warning might be some spoilers. If you don’t want spoilers please skip down to the Enjoyed section of the review.

As always I’m in absolute love with Gibson’s poems. They have reignited my own love of writing poems which I have not done since I was in high school.

 So If Gibson, if you ever read this thank you so so much. Your poems have changed my life for the better.

5/5 ⭐️

Info

Trigger warning-  

Spice level-  / 5 🌶

Other books in the Series-NA

Numbers of pages- 200 (paperback)

Publish date-January 2018

Awards-Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry

Genres- Poetry, LGBTQ, Romance,