the princess saves herself in this one

the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace

Title: The Princess Saves Herself in This One
Author: Amanda Lovelace
Series: Women are some kind of magic #1
Genre: Poetry, Nonfiction, Feminism
Pages: 156
Publisher: CreateSpace
Rating: ★★★★★

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Synopsis: ""Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales."

A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations."


Review: First of all, this is simply such a powerful book and I am honored to have the chance to read it because as a teenage girl, getting close to being an adult, it is empowering and important to get to read words like these.

I've never really written a review for poetry before and I almost didn't plan on writing one, but this book has created waves of emotions (sometimes literally as I bawled my eyes out). Knowing that this book contained nonfiction was something I kept in my mind and as a very privileged girl for not having experienced to many of the cruelties that this world has to offer, it hurt even more to see the pain in this book. 

These poems truly encompass what feel like a lifetime of emotion all into 156 touching pages. This lifetime shared with us contains: love, heartbreak, family, self, death, hate, and all the feelings in between. Compared to much longer novels, I expected to speed through this book easily, but it ended up taking much longer for me to complete as almost every poem gave me revelations or swept me up into such strong emotions that I had to pause. 

I know reviews are meant to share with others about the experience the book provides, but this is one of those books that are simply indescribable, so I guess you'll just have to go and read it yourself. It truly is a book I would recommend to everyone, because there is so much to understand about where women stand and why people need to love (both themselves and others). 


Cover: ★★★★★ (Super aesthetic, but  the words are more of the focus and beauty cannot explain the strength of this writing)


Favorite Quote(s): (I wanted to quote everything, but here are some shorter bits and pieces that caught my attention)

• "i was born a little bookmad"
• "did it really happen if i can't remember it?"
  
• "it is strange how sisters can be saviors or strangers & sometimes a bit of both."
  
• "silence has always been my loudest scream."
  
• "a girl unable to bring herself to cry because if she finally cries then that means it really happened."
  
• "hurting others is a choice"
  
• "fiction: the ocean i dive headfirst into when i can no longer breathe in reality."
  
• "if i ever have a daughter, the first thing i will teach her to love will be the word "no" & i will not let her feel guilty for using it."
  
• "you are not obligated to have children just because your body has that capability."
  
• "just because they don't hit you doesn't mean it isn't abuse."