Ellipsis

For the fans of Rupi Kaur and Amanda Lovelace. Also for Lana Del's fan because you will be happy to see her name here and there in this collection.

Because I'm one and it's such a delight for me to read another poetry collection in similar vein.

The writing is hard-hitting, relatable and deals with several important issues. But I liked it more as it's so personal.

Short but impactful, I will always go for such poetry collections. They are easily accessible, makes me feel so many things at once and I enjoy them.

Thank you, author and the publisher for the advance reading copy.

Personal, beautiful and impactful. A wonderful collection of poetry from Gbalajobi, you can really feel the raw feelings behind each poem. Lots of dark and hard hitting topics. I love the repeated use of nighttime and nature imagery, and the contrast between this and the feel of the poems. Especially in “The Kill”, Gbalajobi uses symbols such as childhood, butterflies and love whilst giving the short poem an unsettling tone and feel of expiration. Definitely one of my favourites in the book!

I highlighted lots to look back on, some other favourites being “To The Girl Conjuring Butterflies In My Belly”, “For Opemipo” and “What is this thing your absence left”, all really sensitive and captivating. I also loved the pop culture references especially about Lana Del Rey, you can really see her influence and can tell that Gbalajobi is a fan of her work.

This is a gorgeous collection by a new poet to me. Challenging, defiant, and chaotic (in the best way) in its dual embrace of the new and the familiar. Recommended.

This was beautiful. It was a song of yearning and broken hearts from a lonely girl looking for home. I adore poetry that reminds you of those quiet moments alone when you can feel your heart in your fingertips. This book is an amalgamation of the human conditions and hope for a future love that distracts from loneliness. This series of poems is relatable and accessible and easy to read but hard to digest because it so accurately summons the heartbreak and turmoil we have felt in the course of our life.

Divided into three parts this appealing poetry collection explores and portrays the very human behaviours on earth. I liked the most of it. There are a handful of poems that I loved. They were very elegant. What I appreciate the most about this one is the poet's choice of simple words that has woven the magic. Most of the modern era poetries that I read, I don't feel like rereading them after some time but to this book, I guess, I would like to reread someday.
And I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for providing this ARC. Thank you. It was a beautiful experience.

First of all, thank you so much @netgalley , #author and the #publisher for the #arc in exchange for an honest review.

I started reading this at late midnight. As I love to read poetry books so much cause they're not fictional I suppose when you're writing poems or prose it has something to do with your life, yourself or the things around you. They're personal and reading them feels like you reading someone's thoughts or feelings from the open diary without letting them know.

"A poem has a soul of its own" simply a quote or a line from the book that stayed with me and now it's forever locked in my mind. This itself says, how each and every poem the author has it's own soul! They speak for themselves.

Most importantly, this was my first ever read poetry book written by a male author and I must say it had me, grabbed my attention from the first page. I love each and every words from this book which is impressive cause there were books which have some loop holes in them but I couldn't find one, not in this one.

Another thing, if you're a fan of @langleav @AmandaLovelace @nikita_gill or @rupikaur_ you'll definitely love this book. You have to love it cause the poet left no choice to.

In simple words, #ellipsis is a collection of poems that captures love, depression, lust, pain and hurt.
Poems on unrequited love which is so relatable to me, surrendering, worshipping and mind suffering darkness.

Best thing about the book is that although the poems or writings are deep, intense and hard-hitting but love how the poet kept it simple (easy to read) and light metaphors.

So, highly highly recommend it. It's definitely a 5 stars read for me. Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece with us!

PS- Mention of @lanadelrey and @coldplay made my read more worth it ❤️

I was unable to get to this book in time so i do not feel like it would be right to give this a low rating. I'm sure this book is great, but my schedule got to busy for me to complete it.

I do not typically enjoy poetry anthologies much, but I found this one really refreshing. I really enjoyed how the author portrayed many serious issues in this book, especially mental health. I find I cannot always relate to what poets say in their anthologies, but I really connected with the narrator and was very comforted by this novel. Highly recommend

Ellipsis by Adeola Juwon Gbalajobi is a lovely collection of poetry covering many themes, including love, lust and loss.
It's an easy read (I finished the book in one sitting), and the words are powerful, raw and poignant.
What a great debut from Gbalajobi!

A few standout lines from the book are:
"Home is made of flesh and bones - of welcoming arms and smiles that calm storms."

"Let me make your arms my home."

"You're not here and I'm a song with no melody."

"I miss you being my devotion."

"Your body is an amalgamation of pains and scars, a map carrying darkness, the weight of a dead child."