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This Impossible Light - Lily Myers
Page: 352
PENGUIN GROUP (Penguin Young Readers Group)
Philomel Books
Poetry , Teens & YA
Pub Date 06 Jun 2017
Source: NetGalley
Assalammualaikum
I had to be constantly reprimanded that good books does
not have definite shape. It could be book with unattractive cover, repetitive
plot or might even be a debut piece – which finally found its way through the
fame walkaway.
This
Impossible Light is a story told from
a fifteen years old girl who had to struggle in amidst of every broken pieces
that comes apart unexpectedly. Reading this piece makes me realize how right word would bring the right emotions. That numbers and
detailing is not that important. You could bleed from a single word.
That you could burn a heart with an unthoughtful response. (This is me being
weird) Some of the word pierce through my heart, bull’s eye that it hurt so
much making me stop reading it for awhile.
It hurts because it is the truth.
Ivy is a smart girl, something that she always tell
herself. However, this becomes one of the reasons of everything that happened
later.
This
Impossible Light is a piece that show
poetry could be pretty amazing and flexible, I guess? That does not sound
convincing isn’t it? Certain part of This Impossible Me make me goes like ‘This
is visual poetry isn’t?’ because of the used of spacing and the word
assembling. Visual poetry is a type of poetry that accentuates its presence
through shapes/picture, like this one below:
I enjoy this pieces more than I expect it to be. I did
catch a glimpse for the first few pages after I download it. Yet, I just dump
it away because I thought it is a collection of poetry T_T Don’t take me wrong,
it’s not like I hate (which is a strong word by the way) poetry even though I
almost failed the class, it just I don’t feel like reading one at the moment.
Besides, I did quite a lot of reading in Ramadhan yet none finished except for
5 Tahun 5 Bulan (re-read).
I would not say this is a light reading; the form are –
easy to digest but the content and plot is quite heavy (for someone who enjoy
reading contemporary books). Easy to digest because the choice of word is easy
to comprehend. The plot, well – there’s something in the plot that pull the
gravity.
And uh, sometimes. Sometimes? We just need to try reading
different kind of materials to see a wider options, more diverse knowledge
waiting for us to explore.
Have a nice (Raya) day ahead!
