'Truth' is the debut book of writer and poet Ruben Huys. It is a collection of poetry, writings, and prose expressing those rawest and deepest feelings we all hold inside, but often fail to convey. It is a confrontation with reality. A journey towards freedom. And an embracement of Life.
Every poem reflects a sincere yearning for truth and will take you on a path of introspection, self-discovery, and spiritual growth.
My Review:
Rating: 2/5 stars.
I would like to thank the author for gifting me a copy for an honest review! 'Truth' is a well structured collection that focuses on leading a moral life and striving to reach a truth that helps us live our lives with love and faith. I really like the cover and thought all the poetry and prose was well laid out and every piece had a clear title. However, I found this book challenging in quite a few ways. It did seem a little rushed as there isn't a lot of the things you'd usually see in a book. For example, a dedication, 'about the author', acknowledgements, a blurb, social links etc. These are quite minor points but it does add to how professionally the book is presented. Also, every new line was capitalised which is something that can easily be corrected and if it was intentional there is no real impact behind this. I felt that this book was preaching rather than guiding which put me off. Maybe people that have a religion or faith may enjoy this book more than I have but I still don't think people need to be preached to. I also didn't feel like there was any concrete images expressed throughout the poetry that would help the reader to relate to the writing. Everything was very abstract which made me feel pushed out rather than welcomed in to read. I also felt that some of the opinions couldn't be written about as if they are truths. One poem said that 'embracing our misery' is 'pathetic' which made me think about what we should do with our misery? Ignore it? Pretend it doesn't exist? You can't preach opinion and act like it's the truth. There are also quite a few tense problems throughout and sentence structures could use some revision to make more sense. I didn't feel like a lot of the poetry flowed all the way through. It felt like it could use more editing to just get some of these problems corrected. I found it quite annoying after a while when particular words were capitalised, for example, Soul, Truth, Love, Life, Faith etc. Of course these are just my own opinions and I can see how many could get a lot out of reading this book but sadly this one isn't for me. Amy x
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