A review by theliteraryteapot
Zaatar by Sofía Karámpali Farhat

emotional sad fast-paced

2.75

The topics were interesting and I liked seeing the poems as an evolution of the poetess' life, like a sort of a timeline. I appreciated some poems, only a few of them. 
Unfortunately, this style of contemporary poetry is not my cup of tea. I don't think it's particularly very experimental but it's quite contemporary (having sometimes only one single sentence on a page). I'm not the biggest fan of the imagery used either.
On the other hand, I didn't mind how meta it could get though. I know many don't like this usually, but it's fine for me. Several poems were about writing poetry and I personally see this literary genre as a great powerful, impactful political tool to get your message across and let your voice be heard. The poetess' voice matters.

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