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BOOK REVIEWS
Posted on May 21, 2022 by KatYa


HERE ARE THE INITIAL REVIEWS ON GOODREADS.COM FOR MY POETRY BOOK: ‘UP FROM THE DOWNTRODDEN’ – Katya Mills
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#There’s nothing like the feeling of connection with poetry… “you tore into us drunk again one of your moods unpredictable charged”

#overall, this poetry style wasn’t for me. however, the author has a great flow, and even when a poem didn’t do it for me, i could still feel the rhythm of the words. i did really enjoy some of the poems!

#It takes me what can seem like a long while to read a book of poetry that itself is not that many pages with poems that aren’t themselves pages long. I do this because, to me, poetry is a short form of expression that, even in its longer iterations, conveys deep emotions and intimate thoughts in terms sometimes abstract, but always involving a tone/mood. Katya Mills’ collection is ripe with such short poems that convey certain moods.

#i LOVED reading this book. i win it in a giveaway, and stayed up at four in the morning reading through it. im normally not a poetry person, but something about this book really made me connect with it. ill definitely be reading through again, making it like my daily one page at a time book.

#I’m not a big poetry reader but I’m very happy I got to read this gem. It was so refreshing and I really enjoyed reading it.

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I really did enjoy this book. I really disliked the cliff hanger it ended on. Now I have to find the next book to read so i can find out what happened. UGH!

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 I made a reading room out of my back room the other day. I put that big old chair that's been getting decimated by the weather these past two years inside, and a blanket over it, and a light over it, and the first book I read in there was Catcher in the Rye. The same copy with the 1985 cover, you know, the maroon one with the yellow title. I got it from my family and now the pages are yellow and the cover fell off a long time ago and I pinned it to my wall behind my desk. I like to think my dad gave it to me in a really gorgeous way, like he told me some kinda sentimental thing with his eyes gone watery. I know that's not really how it happened, though, because that's what he did with his copy of Nine Stories. I'd rather he gave me Catcher than Nine Stories. Even if I liked eight of them. I don't even know I still have Nine Stories, anyway, if you know what I mean. I think I may have just seen Catcher on his book shelf and just wanted it so bad I just took it. Stole it from my dad. Really madman. I feel so honored that Holden Caufield shared his thoughts with me, I would never go and kill anybody and blame it on the book. How come so many people did that? Way back before it was published,  JD Salinger went to New York and read his book to an editor there. Up in some skyscraper office. He got so upset when the guy told him Holden was really crazy and they could not publish a goddam book with a goddam crazy narrator. They say he ran out of the office and was crying. They say that's because Salinger was Holden. That's what they say. People have a funny way of saying things as though they were truth, when it's really guesswork... anyway, I know I'm talking about things you probably could care less about. You know what happens when I get to talking. I want you to know I thought of you today. Only for a little while, you know what can happen when I think for too long. I wanted all the thoughts to be good ones, but some of the not so good ones approached me too. I told them go away. They sorta edged up and stayed, and I realized I would be wrong to tell them go away when they had a right to be there, too. But I love you. I know it took me a long time to get there. But I got there, didn't I?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for Volume 2... March 1, 2015

By Heraclitus

Format:Paperback

In part a roman-a-clef that deals with social issues, Ame is a

protagonist with strange abilities who finds herself among a

group of human-like creatures who live among the population

of Oakland, California. There are some wonderfully poetic 

passages that discuss economics and the environment,

others that contend with the storyline. An oft-cited failing of

literary fiction is that "not a lot happens". With Ame's preternatural

background and the world-building going on, the author has

done well to pack so much into the first novel of a series.

It's an urban fantasy where you're as likely to find an ogre

beneath a toll bridge as you are a toll booth operator on it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic start of a new series March 3, 2015

By Arthur W. Turfa

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

This well-written novella is a promising start in a series. Mills

blends reality with an extra-wordly theme. Ame gradually learns

that she is in this world but not of it, and amidst the dystopia of 

contemporary Oakland, California, finds that there are others like

her. Slowly she learns how to navigate through the setting which

is far different form what she is used to in the far-off Green Mountains.

There are lyrical passages in here, and a gripping story. The

writing is the best Mills has ever done, and this reviewer cannot 

wait to read more!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Looking forward to Book 2. March 15, 2015

By Francine Hirst

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

A refreshing and unique style of writing. The story draws you into a 

dark place to acknowledge a world we all know exists, yet often turn

a blind eye to. The protagonist grows and becomes enlightened with

each turn of the page. This endears you to her as she strives to be

accepted into society. A delightful shift takes place two thirds of the

way through and a light can be seen peeking out between the blinds. 

I look forward to following Ame on her journey.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entrancing March 12, 2015

By Patty

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

A compelling read. The descriptive writing is tangible. Daughter of

 Darkness is an imaginative yet eerily nonfictional work, and author 

Katya Mills does not disappoint in her new novella. Her ability to transport

the reader to the dark underbelly of society is captivating.