** I got an E-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**


I loved this one pretty much. Once I opened up the very first page, I thought that it would be my kind of book to read, and yess. it was. You'd find lots of illustrations inside, like those made the book so much prettier than having no pictures inside. :3

I loved the way Andrea jotted down words as well, it's simple and understand-able. So you don't have to re-read it to make yourself understand. And yess, the story was pretty relatable to our lives. That would make another extra wonderful point out of this lovely one though. :))

So, finally, if you're a big fan of poetry, I highly recommend this book to read, considering this one will be on the store next year, just wait and see for it. Or you can as well request it on NetGalley. :))

Take Me With You is an exploration of life through poetry. It covers a wide range of topics, all starting with personal experience, but expanding ideas to be universal.

In terms of subject matter and its relation to the poet, this collection seems to come from the Rupi Kaur School of Poetry, which is a big trend right now. However, where Gibson differs from Kaur is that the collection isn't really a bunch of pieces put together, but seems to be a single entity because it's hard to tell where one piece ends and the next one begins.

What I did enjoy the most about this collection is that while there are plenty of line drawings to check out, there is also a variety of fonts sizes, text color, and bold emphasis that help to transform the poetry from the page. I could imagine the way a voice would interpret these text changes into a moving performance. And although a lot of this collection is written in paragraph form (which isn't my favorite way to read poetry), the breakup of the text like this helps you digest each thought.

I would like to begin this by saying that Andrea Gibson is nothing like Rupi Kaur so to compare the two in the synopsis is quite simply doing injustice to the former.

Andrea Gibson's word has always been something I carried with me. Tucked in my wallet. Between the pages of a notebook. As drafts on my phone. Their words are always there. Always comforting.

So to give this such a low rating was just sad. So much cringe worthy moments and eye rolls while reading this that at it times it was hard to believe it was all the same poet. Some pages I enjoyed and some lines were some of their most known ones and the illustrations added a nice touch but over all it was disappointing.

I really thought I was going to like this collecting of poetry but unfortunately did not. Not to say out wasn't well written or was bad, I just was not a fan of the layout and the distinctions between poetry and illustrations. Even though I didn't enjoy it I do feel others that have the same sense of style will like it very much.