I am serious…I am certain Sage just wrote the BEST review ever written

I was just going to re-blog this but I decided to include it in my own post in order to say thank you.  I asked Sage if he would do a review of my latest book but I didn’t expect anything as wonderful as this. His review of my book is found below and I must say I was blown away.

Those who follow my blog know how in love I am with his story, The Journal of Wall Grimm.  If you don’t know Grimm he has his own site where his life has been unfolding for us inside his journal.  Grimm refers to us, the audience, as Imaginary Journal Reading People and doesn’t hold anything back.  Sage has also written several other stories one of which is being told by Grimm titled Amon-Re and the other he is pursuing agent representation on titled The Opera.

Thank you Sage Doyle for reading and reviewing, and thank you for being such a good friend.

Depression’s Dance. HastyWords. a review by Sage Doyle

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Published December 22, 2013. 104 pages

Depression’s Dance by HastyWords is a compilation of poetry and narrative that documents the course of depression, conveyed from the perspective of Hasty’s personal experience. Depression is personified as a seductive force attempting to charm Hasty into continuing the dance, which could ultimately destroy her. The book describes the journey of struggles, torment, regrets, frustration, and hope that she has known while suffering from depression.

Hasty states in the prologue, ”It isn’t an emotion; it isn’t a state of mind; it is a disease. My advice, if you think you might be depressed: find someone to talk to and acknowledge it before it tries to kill you.” This is extremely important to recognize that depression is in fact a disease. Those who suffer from it too often blame themselves or become so discouraged that they cannot fight and heal. By personifying depression and using the metaphor of the dance, Hasty emphasizes that depression manipulates the mind and emotions, and imprisons the spirit in a seemingly endless cycle, until a person no longer has the strength to continue the dance. Personification is a psychologically effective technique which can help to separate depression as its own entity from the person who is suffering. Through this separation, the person no longer identifies his/herself with the disease, and is able to distinguish it as something to confront and conquer.

In Depression’s Dance, depression is also given a voice, “I have convinced you to believe you are broken beyond repair.” It speaks throughout the book as an enchanter, luring Hasty to walk away from those she loves, from her desires and things that make her happy, and essentially her life. Hasty skilfully creates the voice as if it is spoken just under the surface of the conscious, sensed, but unheard. It implants negative perceptions and sabotages the ability to dispel them. While depression is an underlying influence which aims to destroy her, Hasty’s own voice is shared through her poetry.

Hasty’s poetry reveals how she is affected by depression. She acutely expresses her thoughts and emotions, and exposes the impact the disease has on her life. “A Little Friendly Advice” shows what she is honestly thinking during conversations with concerned friends. “Breathing Contradiction” is an amazing poem, profound in its simplicity. It is an incredibly valid portrait of the inner world of someone who suffers from depression. “A Dressed Up Heart” regards her sadness even as a child.

Depression’s Dance focuses on an intense struggle with depression, and evokes a powerful sense of hope throughout, with the message that the disease can be overcome. I would highly recommend Depression’s Dance by HastyWords to anyone who has suffered or is currently suffering from depression, anyone who knows someone who has or has had depression, or anyone who just enjoys reading beautiful and touching poetry.

Depression’s Dance by HastyWords can be purchased for $3.99 on Kindle and $8.09 in paperback, (prices may change). The book is available through:

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