2016/01/21

BOOK REVIEW:
LIFE ON MARS BY TRACY K. SMITH

Title: Life On Mars
Author: Tracy K. Smith
Published: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 88
Rating: 2/5


Summary:
This book is about the discoveries, failures and oddities of human existence, with a fair bit of sci-fi elements to accompany it.


Review:
Well. I had quite high expectations for this, knowing it has won several awards, but I must say I find myself disappointed.

The greatest thing in this collection is the writing. The author creates beautiful imagery and some sentences are to die for. The problem is, I don't understand what they mean.

There were a couple of poems I really liked and that I felt I got the meaning of. Some other poems I felt like I could see where she was going but I still didn't really understand. For the most part though, I was just lost.

I don't feel like this book really gave me anything at all, and sadly, I can't really say I would recommend it. Though there must be some people who get it, since it won the Pulitzer Prize, so maybe it's just me.

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