Nice collection of poetry from an author I had not read previously. I enjoyed the cover art and the many topics covered.

This poetry was incredibly emotionally raw and diverse yet there seemed to be something a missing from about a 1/3 of it. I would still recommend it.

I read a copy of ‘In a dream you saw a way to survive’ through Netgalley.

Firstly the cover to this poetry collection is beautiful and enough to entice anyone. I also liked the layout of the book itself.

As a collections of poems I felt they were very good. They were raw, highly emotional and real. I also appreciated that they covered a range of topics including mania, love, infidelity and alcoholism.

As a young woman I felt I could identify with many of the poems.

*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free poetry collection!*

I quite liked most of the poems in this collections. They deal with mental health, love, loss, social interactions, relationships and family. They are well written, the layout is interesting and the honesty in which issues are presented is raw yet rewarding: you can survive, life can be good.

One of the best parts was this 'poem' about abortion:

"To the protester outside of the clinic who called me a murderer
If I could have have kept her, if she'd have been born a girl, I would have called her Jane. As in Austen. As in my sister's middle name and my grandmother's before her. I would have taught her to be kind. To be good. To love the Beach Boys even and especially after Brian got weird. I know you don't want to hear this. Prefer to think me faceless and bloodstained, another statistic on cruel, thoughtless women. But like everyone else, this was never going to be my choice until it had to be."

4 Stars

Another beautiful collection of poetry from Clementine von Radics. She explores love, heartbreak, mental illness, abortion, loss, abuse and, ultimately, survival.