Some good stuff, heartening and funny. But mostly stuff on the level of a greeting card. ( )

I had heard that Atticus’s poems were great so I was excited to finally pick up one of their books but I found myself disappointed. In general none of them were wowing or thought provoking in anyway. And then this book promises for an exploration in the truth about magic but what I got was mostly just bland poems about love. And yeah I get that the point is that there is magic in life. That’s what I wanted. I wanted it to touch me, give me something I can relate to. But it mostly just spoke of love and there is SO much more to life than just falling in love and being in love. ( )

An interesting read. Something I don't really read usually. This type of poetry is something I tend to shy away from but I decided to take a chance with this one. Though I did enjoy the book overall. I personally liked the section about adventure, that had to be the section I really connected with. I think that I would give his books a shot if I were to find them when I go shopping. I think I would recommend his books to Sara, I think she would like them. But other than that it was a good read. ( )

I've read a lot of poetry, read too much if I'll be honest, I've read comedy and haiku and stories in poetry form. I've read ballads and sonnets of poems, songs, limericks, so many things I've read. From Jack Frost to modern day black books with flowers and bees upon their covers. Some of it really resonates with me, little pieces of them that I repeat out loud.

This book is not one of those. It feels like each piece of it came from some cheesy song or was written for one person not the world. There's things like bridges with specific names, phrases like "skinny dippers" that come out of a country song. The mess of this book combines with the very stock-like images. They are flat, black and white or monochrome messes. None of it resonates a bit with anything.

I feel as though parts of this is single-liners from bad books or generic ones meant to be ignored and passed by. With phrases like "he was one of those bad boys" how can you not laugh? Which leads me to the real appeal of this book.

There's not really one.

But if you want to laugh, try reading these to friends or a big group, it gets better the more voices you do. Saying bad boys or reading the annotations really makes for a ride, and "Your sweater smells like you" in a creepy voice can make for a great time.

Don't buy this book, save your money, unless you want a real drinking game or to get buzzed and then read this. It's great for parties, but not for poetry lovers. ( )