I’ve been leaning into poetry lately, and Same by Hannah Rosengberg really stuck with me. It’s a gentle, heartfelt collection that reads like small glimpses into the lives of women. Mothers, friends, daughters, partners, and the people we used to be.

Hannah has a way of making everyday moments feel tender and important. The poems touch on what we all carry. The weight of care, the softness of friendship, the complexity of loving our bodies, the way we grow into and away from different versions of ourselves.

Some of the poems made me pause and reread. Others made me smile in that quiet, knowing way when something just gets it. The collection is divided into sections for the many parts of us, and I loved that. It feels like a gift you’d want to pass along to someone you love.

It’s easy to read in one sitting, but I think it’s one of those books that’s even better savored slowly. A few poems at a time, maybe with a warm drink and a soft light nearby.

Beautiful vignettes of life through the eyes of a gentle narrator. Hannah guides the reader softly through a myriad of familiar emotions, and invites you to consider your own experience with a tenderness that is most welcome, indeed. A beautiful collection of poetry for fans of her online posts, as they offer new insights and thoughts, all told with the honest reflection we have come to now so well.

Hannah’s bright and honest voice traces out love in all of life’s corners, from friendships to your inner-child, from parenting to the care of your own capable physical body.

This collection of poems encapsulates the relative feelings of female friendship, marriage, motherhood, and self-celebration.

I love the cover design, even more having finished the book and grasping the connections within the illustration and color choices.

This would be a great gift for a mother in your life!

This was such a beautiful collection of work. The words were delicately chosen, the emotions jumped right off the page and the author had me nodding my head in agreement with her prose. This is the perfection collection to give any woman at any time in life. You'll be sure to find yourself resonating with Hannah at least once or twice amongst the pages.

Thank you to Hannah Rosenberg, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for a digital copy of the book for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc! I really enjoyed this collection. While I couldn't relate to every poem as a childless millennial, one line stuck out to me in particular and may be my favorite line of any poem Ive read:

"I used to always wonder how I'd meet my husband, not knowing that there would be so many little love stories about how I met my friends."

Such a beautiful thought, and so very true. I look forward to reading more from the author!

Same is Hannah Rosengberg’s gift to women, dedicating each section to different parts of our lives: For our younger selves, families, friends, the ones we date and marry, for our bodies, our minds and our children. There are beauituful gems in each one, poems that touch on the mundane as well as the profound. I read this in one sitting but they’d also be great to savor. These are certainly poems that you’ll want to revisit and share with all the women in your life.


Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press!

Gorgeous poems for a normal life. Do you love the beauty of your friendships, your life, your children, your body but don't know how to expres it? Then this is the book for you.

I really enjoyed this collection and look forward to revisiting it over and over and gifting it to friends!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with the ARC of Same by Hannah Rosenberg.

For transparency - I am not a huge fan of poetry. However, I was interested in Same after seeing positive reviews from friends who also happen to follow Rosenberg’s instagram and keep up with her poetry postings. I decided to give it a shot, and overall, it was pleasant but not personally groundbreaking for my taste.

The pace is quite slow, and the structure of the poems flow well. They’re pleasant little bite sized parts of life, and I can understand the appeal to a general audience. I can also see how this would be an excellent collection for those who enjoy reflection and finding space within the mundane.

However, I found many of the poems to get quite repetitive over time when they are a collection within a book and not dispersed throughout a social media feed. I couldn’t relate (as a person who doesn’t want children) to the motherhood section very much. I felt as if there were recurrent mentions of fights, crying, and sleeplessness (an understandable struggle, and part of why I don’t want children) within Rosenberg’s poems about her marriage, but never any conclusion or musing on how they have overcome these issues together, except for general feelings of “love”. It made the reading experience feel disjointed for me in this section, and unable to connect this form of love within the poems to my own relationship with my partner.

Overall, I was hoping there would be a stronger emphasis on female friendships and interpersonal fulfillment - those poems were the strongest to me from the collection. I also wish that rather than food being a constant surface-level theme throughout many poems, that food could have been its own sub-category of poetry; the art of cooking, the role of food in culture and family bonding, the enjoyment of food as an act to be shared amongst people, etc.

Perhaps with future writings and collections, Rosenberg will continue to further develop her style of verse and expand on more complex topics.

compelling and relatable. take your time through this one and really let the words resonate with the parts of you that need to hear them

Wonderful. Something for everyone. Every stage of life is represented in the collection and all the emotions were felt. I enjoyed this immensely.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy of Same, a stunning collection of relatable and beautiful poems by Hannah Rosenberg. It’s available for preorder now so go order one for yourself and all the women in your life.

Divided into sections that celebrate women and girls in all eras and manifestations of their lives from childhood to adulthood, children, friends, partners and themselves, this is one I’ll come back to again and again.

Sitting next to my adult daughter on a plane this week, I read the poem “Being your mother, being your friend” just before landing, handed it over to her so she could read it, and then we both smiled and cried until touchdown.

Five stars with a rocket. Love, love, love. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

“Same” may not break new ground in poetic form, but it shines in its honesty, warmth, and relatability. A lovely, inclusive celebration of the messy, ordinary moments that connect us all.

I loved all the poems. Such women empowerment. Alot of hit me in my gut You have amazing talent and writing skills

Spent my Sunday finishing this beauty 💕 the amount of love, strength, and raw emotion found in these pages was stunning. @hannahrowrites thank you for sharing your heart 💕 bookish babes, poetry lovers, feely folks - PLEASE pick up “Same”. Check out a more in depth review on @goodreads (link in bio). Available October 2025

Disclaimer: I received a free review copy of this book from St Martin’s Press through NetGalley. All thoughts and reviews are honest and my own.

Absolutely beautiful collection of poetry. I loved how it was organized, and found myself making notes to save passages from almost every poem. Excellent! I will be keeping my eye out for more from this author for sure.

4.5 Stars ⭐ Thank you to #NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and St. Martin’s Griffin for this eARC of “Same” written by Hannah Rosenberg.

I really enjoyed this thoughtful and relatable collection of poetry. “Same” is divided into numerous parts: poems for our younger selves, our friends, the ones we date and marry, our families, our bodies, our minds, and finally, our children.

While I didn’t personally relate to every poem in this collection, the majority resonated with me. All parts are ultimately centered on connection with our loved ones and ourselves, and contained both heartfelt and meaningful prose. I’m excited to continue revisiting “Same” for many years (and life stages) to come!

Same, by Hannah Rosenberg 📚

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This was an absolutely beautiful collection of poetry! 💗 It was written in a way that felt super honest and relatable.

This is a great collection for women of all ages.

Thank you to Hannah Rosenberg, St. Martin’s Press & NetGalley for this ARC! 🫶🏻 Keep an eye out for this one when it’s officially published this Fall!

Hannah Rosenberg's Same is a great book of poetry. I love that it is broken down into sections that reflect who the poems were written for and about. Almost every work covers relatable slice of life content that is sure to resonate with everyone.

ARC Review: *Same* by Hannah Rosenbery

*Same* by Hannah Rosenbery is a heartfelt, modern collection that clearly speaks to the emotional pulse of a large and loyal audience. Her poetry is sincere, accessible, and written in a voice that many will undoubtedly find comforting and relatable — especially her devoted community of Instagram followers.

While the collection didn’t fully resonate with me personally, I can appreciate Rosenbery’s talent for capturing raw emotion in a minimalist, lyrical style. Her words reflect a vulnerability and honesty that many readers will connect with deeply, particularly those in a season of heartbreak, self-discovery, or emotional transition.

This might just not be the right book for where I am in my current season of life — and that’s okay. Poetry is deeply personal, and Rosenbery has clearly struck a chord with many for a reason.

For readers looking for bite-sized reflections on love, loss, identity, and healing, *Same* will likely feel like a companion and a mirror. While it wasn’t quite the right fit for me, I’m confident it will be a meaningful read for the audience it’s intended for.