Swimming Lessons: Poems Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

This book was like peering into someone else’s brain and seeing my own thoughts. I couldn’t put it down and read it all in one day. Reinhart covers love, relationships, mental health, and the fleeting nature of life. This is a book I’ll be coming back to again and again! Is there anything Lili Reinhart can’t do?

Lili Reinhart pours out her soul in this book full of poems, of which are rooted much in love, depression & anxiety turned into radiant, intelligent, and insightful thoughts and entries. This is just the beginning for Reinhart as a writer, I absolutely cannot wait to read more from her in the future!!!!

I have loved everything about this poem book... Lili did an amazing job at making the poems personalized, which makes it all the much better for the reader (i.e., me)!If you have gone through a heartbreak or been in love, read this!

I pre-ordered this book months ago. I was so excited to get this book yesterday. I read the whole thing in about 50 min. Some of the poems are 2 lines, most of them are super super short. These poems barely catch my attention, maybe about 8 truly did. Maybe I'm just being biased because I love to read poetry that makes me think and feel, and these poems barely did just that. I think it's maybe ment for a more teenage audience (I'm 22). It's honestly not bad for being her first poetry book, I just feel she held back a lot of her feelings in her words. I will say though, it does make me feel like I'm living a high school romance reading it, bittersweet feeling.

Lili is so raw and honest in her poetry. Her rhythm and rhyme are so enticing. I've been writing poetry for several years, and I love when I can connect with someone else's words and feel something. Words are so powerful because pain is universal, as is love. We are all human. I, too, battle with depression and anxiety. It's hard to function with change and constant worry, but poetry is a way to understand the pain and to connect. Poetry is a vulnerable art. It involves showing the world our wounds, and I'm glad Lili chose to share her mind and emotions with the world. There are so many lines where I stop and re-read the words because they are so addicting. "Sometimes I open my eyes when we kiss to see if you're as lost in me as I am in you." Through her words, I learn more about myself. I'm able to analyze my subconscious and unravel why certain phrases impact me so much. "I wish I would've kissed you harder before I left this morning." With this statement, I feel my own regret when I leave in an anxious mood and don't give my significant other much attention. Anxiety, for me, makes it difficult for me to function properly. It's easier for me to want to shut down-- and I accidentally shut out those around me. With Lili's collection of poetry, I really enjoy the different moods from poem to poem. Will the next page make me feel passion or heartache, happiness or loneliness? To me, this shows how emotions change so quickly. One trigger or one event, one word even, can alter our perception and change our mood completely. I feel her loneliness when she says, "Driving home with an empty passenger seat, an aching reminder of you leaving me" and cries a tear into her coffee in the drawing next to her poetry. On page 67, she says, "I keep reminding myself that we are not feeling the same things. You said so yourself, I'm more invested than you are." She continues, "I'm sitting miles from you, it seems." I feel her pain in being a poet, an analyzer of everything. As poets, we are passionate and invested. For me, I need constant reassurance, or I'll feel a sense of impending doom, and, for me, it's hard to keep people around because my emotions are so intense. She continues, "And that's what hurts the most. Feeling this alone." The word "alone," whether I'm writing a poem of my own or reading it in text, digs a hole of loneliness and heartache in my chest. Lili finds the perfect combination of words and phrases to take me on a journey of self- discovery and of human understanding. Though the pain can seem unbearable sometimes, we are not alone. We are all fighting battles, and by sharing our pain, though difficult sometimes, it can help us see that we aren't as alone as we make ourselves believe.

I preordered this book last spring and have been excitedly waiting to read it since then. As soon as I received it, I began reading the pages and was quickly disappointed. I was hoping for a much better poetry book and was sorely disappointed.

I love how raw and real this poetry book is. Lili isn't trying to be anyone else; it's authentic and the poems are so personal I feel like I'm invading, but also as if I'm being invaded because I relate so much. Can't forget to mention the gorgeous aesthetic of the book, its just a great collection of work!!People who are leaving bad reviews because it's "not what they expected" shouldn't be reading poetry. Poetry is about surpassing what expectations even are, it's about expressing oneself in any way they choose. Lili captures heartbreak, betrayal, loss, love, and so much more so authentically and beautifully. I'm beyond happy with my purchase and the book was well worth the wait.

My friend and I decided to start a Sad & Single book club this year, as life changes this year have left us single and often sad. When I saw this book, I knew it had to be the first one we read. And it lived up to the task. Putting heartbreak and mental illness into a beautiful collection that was *almost* difficult to read at times because it put my reality into black and white words on a page. Lili Reinhart did a wonderful job of allowing the reader into her soul, but in a way that welcomed you to bring your experiences with you as you had a look around.I'm happy to have this book on my shelf to leaf through for years to come.Also, the book is, like, gorgeous so that's another plus

I’m in love with this book and as someone who struggles a lot with mental health it makes me feel comforted to know somebody gets what I’m going through it’s a beautiful set of poems and I’d deffo suggest it,It came super early I wasn’t expecting it as I preordered months ago and due to COVID and everything’s else it was delayed which is understandableBut anyway I’d definitely suggest purchasing it

To be honest I feel like objectively it’d be a 3 stars rating but I think since it’s her first book she deserves encouragement. Her book is relatable and easy to read/digestible. I read it in the same day in about an hour or two. The subjects that Lili deals with are love, anxiety&depression, death, fame etc. The poems are not very elaborate but they are good if you like modern poetry in the style of people like Rupi Kaur. The illustrations are cute. I hope to see progress later on.

i purchased this book a month ago and i’ve been obsessed with the book ever since, it is about life’s struggles and mental health which is not spoken about enough! but i was not expecting the book to be as good as it was. 1000% recommend

Really enjoyed this debut book of poetry from Lili Reinhart. The poems draw you in and make you remember memories and thoughts from years ago. The line artwork was also spot on. This delightful book of poems will be brought down from the bookshelf regularly to dip back into time and again x

Beautiful, profound, moving and relatable. I feel more self-aware and comforted in the reminder that others feel the way I do.Thank you Lili Reinhart.Absolutely stunning.