Eat the World

by Marina Diamandis

Genres: Poetry
Pages: 124
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Synopsis:

For the first time, platinum-certified singer-songwriter Marina shares her singular observations of the human heart through poetry; this collection is essential.

Marina’s talent for powerful, evocative song lyrics finds a new outlet in her poetry. Each poem resonates with the same creative melodies and emotional depth that have made her an artistic sensation. Hailed by The New York Times for “redefining songs about coming of age, and the aftermath, with bluntness and crafty intelligence,” Marina delves even further into trauma, youth, and the highs and lows of relationships in these profound, autobiographical poems to form a collection that transcends the boundaries of music and literature.

When I saw that Marina Diamandis (better known as the singer MARINA or Marina & the Diamonds) had put out a book of poetry, I was… uncertain. I do like Marina’s lyrics, but half of it is also in her tone, her singing, the music. Some lyrics look good written down, and some are lacking without the music, and I mostly feel hers fall into the latter group.

I do think some of the stuff here could make fun songs, but as presented, as poetry, it left me cold. She plays with the words on the page, and there’s a bunch of images added too, so it’s partly that it’s a style I’m not super keen on in general. But also I just found that her turn of phrase didn’t sparkle at all.

I think she was having fun and it was cathartic for her and that’s great! But not my thing.

Rating: 1/5 (“didn’t like it”)