There was much to enjoy here, but I found I couldn't connect with it. I'd read more from this author in the future though.

The Poetry of Pop looks into the magic of pop songs in the language of lyrics and breaks down some lyrics as poems. This is a deeper look into songs than I am used to and there are a lot more to lyrics than I thought! There is a lot of mentions of Taylor Swift in the book and despite me not liking her at all, I can give props where props are due and I do think she does write some great songs. I liked the part of the book about different rhymes. This book definitely made me think more about reading lyrics and reading them as more than just lyrics, but as poetry too.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

An interesting look at the "poetry"of pop. The author finds poetry in ways that I would never have seen and in some ways, I still don't! My friends and I have used some of the examples in the book to start lively discussions of our own and to look for specific poetic lines in our own collections. A lot of fun.