Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Right to Life
Subtitle: A Book of Poems
Author:
Lysandra Furstenberg
Genre: Poetry
Part of a series? No
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37938376-right-to-life
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 4/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This short book contains poems by this
author. Poems which are similar in their subject and layout. They can be read
easily and share a subject of love and life.
What
I liked about the book:
Reading poems is not my usual choice.
However, I thought I would give this little book a go. The poems are easily
read and very similar.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I
prefer prose over poetry normally. These poems were not of the rhyming variant.
I enjoyed reading this little book of poems.
My
favourite bits in the book:
The
poems were easy to read.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
The poems were very similar and, therefore,
felt a little repetitive.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
I
am not aware of any other books by this author.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
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Children
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No
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Young
Adult
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Yes
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Adult
|
Yes
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If
you like poetry, this book may be the
book for you.
I
look forward to reading more books by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Lysandra Furstenberg is the recipient of the 2017 Renee Duke
Youth Award, a Human Rights-themed Annual poetry contest open to poets aged 17
and younger, honoring Renee Duke, artist, poet, teacher, mentor, human rights
advocate.
Lysandra has participated in several SACEE (South African
Council for English Education) Creative Writing Competitions for High Schools
in the Junior Poetry Category.
18 poems revolving around four major themes: Nature, Love,
Life and Good vs Evil seen through the eyes of a young adult.
Right to Life (extract)
" Have you ever felt simply…
Alive?
In awe?
Amazed?
Have you ever felt that you were
On the top of the world?
That nothing could bring you down?"
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