Beautifully Chaotic is a poetry collection that shows a progression from isolation to survival - with stories about sexuality, trauma of sexual assault, heartbreak, feminism, and learning how to survive through thriving times. Each poems is crafted with an expression of empowerment, love, and truth.Danielle’s raw and relatable poetry celebrates the beauty in life and mourns the chaos. Her work transports readers to intimate places that reaches private emotions of love and loss. The essence of it all is to show that life goes on through the loving, bad and confusing times. The book is split into four chapters of Destruction, Purpose, Mourning, and Healing.
Rating: 4.5/5 stars.
My Review:
Firstly, I'd like to thank Danielle Holian for gifting me a copy of her debut anthology, Beautifully Chaotic! I feel really humbled that people value my opinion when it comes to their work. I really enjoyed this anthology from the very beginning. The first chapter (Destruction) really resonated with me. Parental abandonment really affects children however old and I could really feel the pain through Danielle's words. The mix of long and short form poetry was a great mixture but both forms were equally as good. Danielle wrote about a lot of trigger warning topics (which is stated in the blurb) and I just felt so much love for her bravery by talking out about what she has experienced. Each chapter led onto something new that it ended up being a journey for the author and the reader. I was really happy to read the last chapter (Healing) because it shows that she has moved forward and not let her past ruin her future. A lot of people will be able to be inspired by Danielle's journey. Danielle's writing isn't over complicated but simple which I enjoyed as it made it an easy read and easy to understand and relate to. There were some grammatical mistakes but being an Indie Author myself I understand that we don't have editors to edit our mistakes. I was able to look past this because the book was so good. Amy x
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