Describe Books As 46
ISBN: | 1478751304 (ISBN13: 9781478751304) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Readers' Favorite Book Award |
Melissa Burke
Paperback | Pages: 118 pages Rating: 4 | 18 Users | 8 Reviews
Narrative Toward Books 46
Melissa Burke is the author of three books prior to this one and now brings you her fourth book, 46, which consists of mostly poetry. Unlike two of her other books that try to bring you into the mind of someone with mental illness, this is simply poetry and a few stories for you to understand any way you want even though depression and mania do seep through the words. There’s love, there’s light, there’s darkness, there’s loss, there’s confusion, there’s pain, there’s the weird, there’s the crazy and everything in between. Enjoy.**Trigger warning**
There is one poem/story/rant called "Rape: The Aftermath"
I would love for people to buy/read this book but if that might trigger you, please do NOT read this.

Identify Epithetical Books 46
Title | : | 46 |
Author | : | Melissa Burke |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 118 pages |
Published | : | January 30th 2015 by Outskirts Press, Inc |
Categories | : | Poetry |
Rating Epithetical Books 46
Ratings: 4 From 18 Users | 8 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books 46
Since it'd be really weird for me to review my own book, I'm just going to add the 5 star review I received from Gisela Dixon for Readers' Favorite: "46 by Melissa Burke is a collection of poems written over a period of several years. Melissa is a young woman battling several mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, eating disorder, OCD, and depression. As may be imagined, her poems have a raw power and quality to them. The poems in this collection were written at various points in her lifeThis book is a combination of poetry and stories, totaling up to 46 shorts. My first thought, upon reading 46 by Melissa Burke is that it's very primal. There's a lot of raw emotion. In the introductions, the author makes comment on the fact deals with mental illness- bipolar, ADD, PTSD- and has dealt with many real life problems- drug abuse, suicide and rape. Personally, I have never experienced any of those things. I guess that's part of the reason why it feels so powerful to me. The author is
Follow @MelissaBurke92Melissa Burke (27) lives in Massachusetts with her family (including her two chickens). She is a shift captain at her local animal shelter, a volunteer at Buttonwood Park Zoo and a pet sitter. Melissa likes to take care of animals, watch movies/TV shows, knit, read and write. Melissa has been living with depression/bipolar disorder, ADHD, an on-and-off eating disorder, OCDSince it'd be really weird for me to review my own book, I'm just going to add the 5 star review I received from Gisela Dixon for Readers' Favorite: "46 by Melissa Burke is a collection of poems written over a period of several years. Melissa is a young woman battling several mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, eating disorder, OCD, and depression. As may be imagined, her poems have a raw power and quality to them. The poems in this collection were written at various points in her life

This collection of poems are not full of metaphors; nor will it pull you deep so you can find yourself. With the subject being as it is, nor should it. Melissa gives it to you straight, sometimes feels as though in real time. Her poems are about Mental Illness which challenges her in a wide range of emotional obstacles. She also speaks on cutting in her poem Cut, this one was very interesting to say the least. I found her poems to be heartfelt, honest and gravitating. Also, although she said she
Once again, I am taken back by Melissa's bold confessions and wonderfully quirky stories. The llamas are back and look out ya'll cause they are now llampires! Yes, she has the tricky ability to make you almost cry and then turn the page and you're laughing. Melissa would say that is a product of being bipolar but I say it's just plain talent. I always enjoy Melissa's books but 46 is my favorite so far. Lots of poetry! I love how she included her devastatingly honest poem 'Rape:The Aftermath',
Before I write this review I want to say two really important things.1) You can have genuine empathy and sympathy and sadness for someone and the things they have experienced and still not think their work is good. These two things are entirely separate and unrelated. I did not like this book but I appreciate what the author went through that led to her writing it.2) Poetry is so, so, so subjective that I actually feel guilty about what I'm about to write. Example: I fucking love every word
enjoyed the poetry, but if you deal with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and or have been raped you might have a hard time reading it. Although most of the poetry was well written, I had a hard time getting through them due to these reasons.
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