This was just such a pleasure to read. A story told through prose poems. The story of a woman searching for meaning. A woman suffering heartbreak, looking for love, but ultimately finding a path through all the obstacles that life threw at her. In a sense, I suppose it’s not an original premise for a story. But what is original is the structure and style of this book which I thought rendered it quite unique.
It’s full of images and metaphor that should delight the poetry lovers, and it has a story which should delight the fiction lovers! Some original descriptions - the attractive Wale Badmus described thus;
‘Either greedy
at the table of body parts
or he was God’s favourite being.’
And there are poems within the poem if you will. Verses that would stand on their own outside of this narrative including the titular Crushed Roses which is quite beautiful.
‘The beautiful things in life are best left untouched.
For when touched, irreversible complications may arise,
which washes away a savour.’
Because it is a fiction, it therefore has a plot, and I do not wish to divulge the details of the plot suffice to say that it’s a fairly simple one, but it’s the thoughts and feelings contained within that give the book its substance and its meaning.
What I also found quite exciting was that when I reached the end of the book there was a link to the trailer for a film of the story. As I was reading I felt the work had a very visual feel to it so this was like a validation of that thought.
https://www.ibiereaddey.com/films
I won this book in a Librarything giveaway, and I’m very grateful for the opportunity to read it.
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