When He Leaves You Paperback – March 18, 2018

Great book

i’ve reread this book over 10 times in the 3 years i’ve had it. i purchased it after my divorce and have picked it up everytime that im fighting to heal from the heartbreak in my life. this book is absolutely heart wrenching. the poems hit DEEP. they really make you think. it hurts, i cry. but at the end of the day, 3 years later this is still my favorite poetry book ive ever read. if you’re going thru a heartbreak, i can not recommend this book enough<3

I bought this book when my boyfriend of 7 years and I broke up. It was a complicated (but mutual) breakup, but I was really lost with how to go on with life. I stumbled across this book on TikTok and decided to purchase it. I love simple poetry and figured I would like this. This book was more helpful than I thought it would be. The book is broken up into sections and I read each section as I felt them, so when I was sad I read the sad section, and when I was better and more positive, I read the section about moving on after it's all over. The book is simple and beautiful and it made me feel seen and understood. I highly recommend if you're a fan of Rupi Kaur's book and/or simple poetry.

This is a bit of a different vibe from the author’s Instagram posts (which by the way was how I found out about her. Accidentally. Pleasantly ) in that it takes you into a deeper dive in between the crevices of her poetry. There is a timeline and chronology of events. There is a narrative to how her pieces came to be, and it is wonderful, eye opening, and most of all, relatable.Her wordplay is intricate as it is simple, a great balance of the two artistic moods.This poetry collection forces you to grapple on its symmetry to your own experience, be it in the past or now without drowning you with big words for the sake of aesthetics.And that is how Michaela does it.And that is why you shouldn’t skip this read..

My copy arrived on Saturday. Today was the day I actually opened it and started reading. I didn't put it down until I had read it all the way through. I think the last time I experienced such a whirlwind of emotion in such a short period of time was when I first watched the Carl and Ellie sequence in Up. Reading this book literally took my breath away. I'm still trying to catch my breath as I write this. I didn't know poetry could do that.Some other details that I just absolutely adored: it makes sense when read cover to cover. The cover feels nice and smooth in the hand. And it has an ISBN number, making it a Real Book (unlike certain other poetry "books" I've been given).

My problem was with Amazon. I got a used book in “very good” condition and there’s writing and high lighting all through out. I don’t know about everyone else but that to me is not “very good”. I do recommend the book though! Nothing bad or negative against the author!

Oh my...I read through this in one sitting, but marked the pages that spoke to me most (which were about half of them). So very well done. Most of the poems are rather short, which is fine by me...and as a writer of poetry myself, I believe it is a true talent to write powerful yet short poems. She does an amazing job. Buy this book NOW.

Definitely needed when I was going threw it