Title: Inlustris

Author: icecreamtherapy

Reviewer: GnomeMercy

Summary: 3.5/5

I absolutely adore the little quote you have in your summary! I don't know why, but I find is so, well, homey (that's a bad pun, sorry).

I suggest saying that this is a poetry collection in your blurb so that people know what they're in for, and perhaps adding what topics your poetry book discusses and its purpose? These are just ideas—but I recommend at least saying that this is a collection of poetry.

(Also, I understand the purpose of not capitalising anything for aesthetic purposes, but I do suggest you do so for grammar purposes. You don't have to, of course, but it's highly recommended.)

Grammar: 4/5

To be honest, the biggest grammar "error" I could find was that nothing was capitalised. However, I do understand that some people like to not capitalise things, and as long as it's consistent, I think it's alright (though it's highly recommended that you capitalise words when needed).

I do think, however, that you should at least capitalise "I", as that is kind of a necessity (at least for me, I don't know, I start going crazy if I see grammar errors). In the poem "Goodbye", the "I" was capitalised. However, in the rest of your poems, it was not. I recommend keeping it consistent and either capitalising all "I"s or not.

Other than that, your grammar is great! Poetry follows a different set of rules, but I didn't see anything else out of order, so well done!

Diction + Figurative Language: 5/5

Firstly, I love the use of metaphors. There's a sad, melancholic feel to some of your poems. But I love it. Your tone is mature, and it suits with the themes you chose. Though you only have eight poems so far, I think you've done such a wonderful job using literary devices in your poems. I'd also like to talk about brackets utilised (especially in "Goodbye"—boy, did I love that poem). I've never really seen many brackets being used in poetry, but I just wanted to say that I think you used them creatively and correctly—and they added something more to your poems!

Message Conveyed: 5/5

Each and every single one of you poems held great meaning. Not all of them were clear, and in your face, but I think that was the beauty of your poems. They didn't have one, clear meaning. I loved the subtlety behind it, actually. I felt like it added to the power and depth of your poems. Not much I can say here to improve (sorry about that), unless you want me to fangirl for three paragraphs!

Emotions Evoked: 5/5

Also one of your strongest points. I absolutely adored the emotions in your poems, and even though these topics didn't relate much to myself and my life, I still found myself feeling either power or remorse (depending on your poem, of course) or any other emotion. This is a really good thing as you made me feel empathy for something I have never gone through, which just shows the power of your words!

OVERALL SCORE: 22.5/25

Overall, I am utterly in love with your poems and can't get enough! I'll definitely be waiting for new poems as I adored each and everyone of them! You might want to add a bit on the summary and try to be a bit more consistent on what you capitalise and what you don't, but I felt as if your poems were so lovely, melancholic and deep. You certainly know what you're doing with this, and thank you so much for the opportunity and letting me read this! Please keep writing more poems—as I can't get enough. I hope that this helps—even if there wasn't much I could give you to work on.