in 2019 I made what could be one of the worst financial decisions of my life I

purchased a bunch of youtuber books and in 2020 I am willing to put every last

clinging brain cell left on the line and I'm gonna read them

hi it's Divya G what does the G stand for?r the G stands for Gabby Hanna former actress singer youtube

personality songwriter and now author written and illustrated.... sh* she's an

artist too she can put that in her linkd in bio. here we

have my curry stained copy of adult..ol..e.scene. is this a cash grab or I argue a

profound expression? a kindled reaction against the gatekeeping guardians of the

galaxy wait- Bob guardians of the galaxy? seriously

are you taking the piss? against the gatekeeping guardians of literature is this book a

violent redefinition a big bang birth of proportions of a new era of poetry? has

Gabby Hanna shooketh? this is quote unquote as per the blurb

and exhilarating debut collection. gabbie explores what it means to feel

like a kid and an adult. she cuts to the profound and detonates wickedly funny jokes

you'll turn to the last page because you get her

and return to the first page because she gets you

so it's about the exploration of what it feels

like to be a kid and an adult all that once or as I like to call it the big

baby the aknowledgements here start off on a good note you know like thank

you for putting me in touch with a great publishing team with a glowing

recommendation real friends liee for each other so you know lovely lovely

even the author is telling you that it's sh* she let me open page one and it's clear from

the get-go that the Gabby Hanna is a victim

Gabby Hanna too is a sufferer from the broken caps-lock oh sh* it's

not working syndrome pray for Gabby and all the other poets fix their broken

capslock.

sleep.

sleep is a poem that on first glance seems to convey you know

the innocence of childhood just look at her use a very simple language you know

her her rhyming couplets the use of exclamation points that hint at an

excited little little child but if you look at the last two lines 'I wake up

to eat or pee, otherwise I'd sleep for eternity' hints

at something darker. sleeping for eternity or

eternal sleep? a hamlet once famously said

To die? To sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream'

An expression on his wanderings of death Hamlet's in the

midst of his moral anguish ponders at how wonderful it would be to just drift

into an unconcious state

and here, Hanna like Hamlet-

.... Bob really? Hamlet -

too mirrors

this metaphor of death hinting at the early stages of her own moral anguish

hidden behind the mask of playful language is youth but a dream? Truly a

poet. throughout the collection she many times repeatedly uses this mask hiding

behind the language of adolescents to reveal a darker truth about the qualms

of mankind, the exhaustion of her mind and the dejected state of oneself she

truly is talking about the man in the mirror

hee hee

she does this in recess most prominently where she

uses a nursery rhyme jarringly - switching the mood and atmosphere of the

poem from playful to painful pandering on a loveless childhood perhaps

commenting on the flippant switch.. flick flick.. of youth cut too short by the woes of

her own life. not only does Gabby Hanna reverberate the likes of Shakespeare she too

- echoes and draws inspiration from other equally great artists for example

milk and honey

bob?

milk and honey you comparing milk

and honey to shakespeare?

alright I'm not gatekeeper I'm not gatekeeper of literature I'm not

saying correct but most prominently we have the poem: relative. time is

relative beauty is relative family his relatives. I don't know about you

but uhhh... Einstein been real quiet ever since we

have not even depth our crusty ass toes into the very depths of this book

here because what's most impressive it's not it's not her nods to Shakespeare you

know her philosophical quandary or the fact that she was 20 when she

came up with a theory of relativity itself no it is her redefinition of the

very essence of poetry. often when I was reading this afternoon found myself

literally shocked. let's play a game called is this poetry or is this a

drunken Fiat 500 tweet that never should have left drafts?

I donated blood today. feels

good to finally be someone's type. when I was young my mom used to check if the

iron was hot by touching it and I don't know I just feel like there's a metaphor

in there somewhere. for 25 years I tell myself I couldn't do a single push-up

and now I can do four push-ups don't doubt yourself believe in yourself you

can do anything. I wear makeup cuz I have acne I have acne because I wear makeup

but I didn't think I was like when I like it the way that I like it but like

I like it

When i was younger girls asked 'does this make my butt look big' in like a concerned way and now girls ask does my butt look big in an excited way

so don't worry your butt will be trendy some day. ever notice that

the word synonym doesn't have a synonym? now that that's just incorrect I'm gonna

keep going if you eat an entire pizza by yourself

in the woods and no one's allowed to see it do the calories count is it 99

calories Sharon? and how many weight watchers point is that Sharon aren't you

meant to be in a diet? Naughty Sharon enough Hobnobs for you

Sharon. to call this a collection of poetry would be an injustice

to what? Bob? and injustice to what?poetry you know what I really love her use of

profanity and the poems when she says 'google it bitch' or when she says this is

a haiku bitch because it's either like an expression of her rage against the world

oh it's a revelation to us the readers for you know buying this and supporting

this that we in fact are the true bitches

she talks about her insecurities a lot you know about being a nobody the pressures to be

somebody in society the pressure to perform but I think it's most pertinent

in tweet filler where ah what? tweet? no i said poem. where she states that some of

these poems were written because inspiration struck others were written

because I had a deadline and needed to feel the pages can you guess which I

which? some would see this as laziness but not I! NO! Isay this is a shout

against against capitalist and the publishing industry forcing the

writers to produce trash in the names of sales and I say she is smart and she

knows what she is producing its protest this is a shining light a beacon against

the industry's holding authors are the tips of their knives for-profit entities

that produce waste in this beginning of a climate and ecological crisis a screw

you to words and making them string nice her insecurities bleed through the pages

her mental despair in the pursuit of happiness and relevancy and the

desperate needs to be wanted to be immortalized in society to mean

something but more so of all this book this book is a cry for help

and scene all right that's all in all to conclude

I give this book a 0.1 star rating out of five I not gonna lie I felt cheated

because about like two or three poems that had potential but then the rest of

it was just I call me questioning you know why why is this my first book of

2020 that I've read since like 2017 I did I honestly just felt like she was

taking the piss half the time but do I recommend this book to

literally anyone? I would say no I just feel like it takes the piss you know

like people are actually struggling to put anything out because they don't have

a platform to make it big and it's not her fault for having a platform it's not

her fault that I'm buying this and feeding her either but it just it just

takes the piss I just feel ripped off and I'm like I honestly think kudos to

Gabby Hanna for publishing this you know you use your platform you you got that

dough you got that money I'm sure there are some people who relate to this love

this that's fine illustrations nice I like the cover I just think it's peak

when the blurb is just like so much better written than literally any of the poems

please do answer the question is Gabby Hannah Shakespeare? is Gabby Hanna the

next Einstein? of all the poems that I mentioned or if you read this yourself

let me know what your least favorite poem is or your favorite poem is but I

just want to know what your least favorite is um for me personally I think

my least favorite poem 'I don't know you know' just taking the piss or or this one

'okay. okay. read' oh my god I'm vexed. do let me know if you'd like for me to you

know analyze some other books maybe jake paul or next so like the video if

you like subscribe to become a g and I just want banter in the comments so do

let you know I am divya g it's been nice to meet you I make videos about

books yeah be honest like she's the loosest

definition of a poet and I'm also the looses definition of a booktuber so

that's just how it goes I'll see you guys first video stay safe.