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The Woman Who Was Not There, by Joelle Taylor ****

15/3/2017

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Genre: Poetry

The Woman Who Was Not There is a collection of poetry that tackles some very deep topic areas.

I purchased this book after watching Raymond Antrobus' video review of it on YouTube (#RayRecommends) - see below, and I must say I wasn't disappointed.

​Joelle cleverly utilises poetical and literary devices, such as; rhyming couplets, oxymorons, alliteration, similes and metaphors - in order to create extremely vivid imagery.

​Each piece is so deep and dark and tells such a powerful and poingoint story that I was completely absorbed from start to finish.

Throughout every verse I could picture Joelle on stage passionately performing them in her unique style. Below is a piece from the book called 'No Mans Land' performed by Joelle.

Joelle is a key poet in demonstrating against the man within a world torn with social change. She works with refugees, incarcerated prisoners and individuals who live in some of the roughest areas in London - she's the catalyst for their voices, she makes them get heard.

I gave this book four out of five stars purely for the planning that you would need to do when you are about to read this collection, and I highly recommend you do give this a go, therefore I would put aside a decent amount of time to completely absorb yourself in this book.

Awesome stuff Joelle - I cannot wait to see what you come up with next...
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