Stargazing at Noon

3.5 stars. While I follow Amanda Torroni on Instagram, this is my first experience reading a collection of her writings. She has an amazing way with words and creates such beautiful imagery.

(3.5) I really have a Love Hate relationship with this book. For one I always like to thank the author for sharing your words with me/everyone. I really loved some of these poems. “What can I say about your love on my darkest nights it brings out the stars in me”. WOW what a quote like this made the whole book for me. Because that is the very epitome of love. “What would Tesla think of our spark?” I felt like that sentence was so genius. I found myself bookmarking poems and highlighting sentences. Which is exactly what I was looking for in this book of poems. However I did struggle , I did feel like some of the poems where trying to hard. The overuse of big words took away from the beautiful points of the poem. It made it hard to read. It took me a while to get into this book but when I finally did I really did! I found myself remembering old loves and friendships moments in life. But again I struggled honestly with the flow of this book. Most of the poems did not spark inspiration in me or move me to action. But I will definitely continue to follow her and see where this author goes from here.

This book is extremely worth praise. I started reading and i couldn’t stop. The complexity is too much for a ordinary reader to understand though once you get it you can’t resist the book it’s incredible.
Recommended
5/5 stars

"i don't write
what i write
to hurt you.
- i write what I write to heal me"

This book is my first read of Amanda Torroni. It deals with love, loss, death, and grief. Her storytelling is amazing with a lot of metaphors and illusions.

I enjoyed this collection even though some of the poems in here, I struggled to understand because it was so hard to read like it was forced or maybe the author's thoughts were just lost in translation. But it was still a good read.

I received a copy of this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

n this book, Amanda Torroni wrote a variety of topics from love, self-esteem, wistfulness, and uncertainty to name a few. There are a few that are a bit sensual because it depicts intimacy or copulation which could be a bit uncomfortable to read for some. However, they were in a beautiful lyrical format that could still engage readers to read them even though they are libidinous or some may find them lustful.

I can't help but compare Amanda Torroni from other famous poets today and I surmise that her works are one of the best I've read so far. This collection is divided into five parts: Full, Gibbous, Quarter, Crescent, and New; this anthology of one hundred poems and prose will surely delight those who love reading poetry. A highly recommended and must-purchased book for those who are into poetry and collecting this kind of books.

Amanda Torroni made me listen to classical music while reading this book. And it was an uplifting experience for me.

Stargazing at Noon was such a lyrical book for me. It had managed to blend the atmospheric and theme; the universe, kismet, fate, science, astrology, art, history, to the closest take of a slice of life. From these tales of life and blending it all together with love, loss, grief, and joy. It’s eloquence shows, nothing forced.

It was wonderfully articulate; which makes it like it is easy to relate with even of an inexperienced area as a reader. That state of feeling of understanding what the piece is conveying and through wonderful subject matters. To sum it simply the metaphors used was on point.

Torroni sticks well to the notion of stargazing throughout this poem collection. As she ponders topics of love, sometimes writing to the loved one, she returns to imagery of the cosmos, of lightness and darkness. She writes about mental health in nature metaphors. Not all of this poetry is as straightforward as that of Lang Leav, for example, but it is worth the energy to sit with it.

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

I was provided with the ARC by netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

"Things I learned from the moon: at times you may feel like a sliver of yourself. There is beauty in this too.

This is a beautiful book of poetry with most poems being analogy of space, stars, the moon or the tides. The poems are of love, loss, death and grief and are so well written. Most of the poetry is quiet long but it is a wonderful read.