Publishing date: 06.10.2024
Thank you to NetGalley and Atmosphere Press for the ARC. My opinions are my own. 

This was sadly not for me at all. I went in expecting something specific, and got something different.

I had expected more abstract poems. What I got instead was pretty straightforward chronicles of different peoples lives that ended up weaving into each other. Recently I have learned that chronicles that are just that and nothing else are really not for me. Even if this was a "little" bit abstract, it wasn't abstract enough in the chronicles. 

I found the shorter poems sprinkled throughout to be drowning away between the longer ones. Not really adding much to the collection. They were a nice break from the longer ones, but not much more than that. 

Final ranking and star rating? 
2 stars, D tier. This was simply not for me. I won't drag the book anymore through the mud. It might be for you, it might not. 
Overall, I expected something different, and that's okay. Not all of them are winners.