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Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
Written by Madisen Kuhn
Narrated by Madisen Kuhn
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular millennial Instagram poet, perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur.
Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her teenage years behind.
Chronicling the complexities, joys, and challenges of this transitional phase of life, Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better is a powerful, deeply affecting work that pierces your heart with its refreshing candor and vulnerability. A poignant exploration of self-image, self-discovery, and self-reflection, this anthology brilliantly captures the universal experience of growing up, and you are bound to find yourself reflected in these glimmering pages.
Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her teenage years behind.
Chronicling the complexities, joys, and challenges of this transitional phase of life, Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better is a powerful, deeply affecting work that pierces your heart with its refreshing candor and vulnerability. A poignant exploration of self-image, self-discovery, and self-reflection, this anthology brilliantly captures the universal experience of growing up, and you are bound to find yourself reflected in these glimmering pages.
Author
Madisen Kuhn
Madisen Kuhn is a writer living in Charlottesville, Virginia. She likes to explore topics of identity, belonging, sexuality, and mental illness in her work. In 2015, she self-published Eighteen Years, a collection of over 200 poems. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Studio and Digital Arts.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5read a lot of poetry, I love reading poetry but I’m really puzzled, and a bit irritated, by this book. The synopsis place her with Kaur and Lovelace but I disagree with that. This is, simply, a journal, not so profound, the verses are not organized even in a way that would make them interesting poetically speaking. It reads as a bunch of Instagram posts. Most poems are irritating, like a list of brands, what she eat, drink, wear? Really? I understand that MAY bring identification for some but there’s a way (poetry) to create the same without dropping brand names so often (even in the credits). I’m all for people writing and expressing themselves so I encourage anyone to keep pressing on. Wasn’t the synopsis so misleading I may have had lower expectations and accepted these journal’s entries. Not everything that we feel or we meditate on is poetry when written down. As well as not everyone who writes is a writer. Her strife and efforts to be open and to monitor her growth is respectful, honestly I was expecting more and will still be expecting more. She’s young and if she’s really interested in poetry she will get better.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful and sincere, a book of poetry is a love letter to life!
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I really wanted to like this book given the powerful title. I listened to the first few poems and couldn’t keep going. It felt as though I was listening to a teen awkwardly read their diary in class - truly confusing after in the intro the author expressed desire of the reader to really feel something. A combination of better writing, shift to more relatable experiences/topics, and narration that matches the implied emotions would make the book/audiobook much better.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I truly did not want this book to end. Spoke to me in a way I've never felt before. Beautifully written.