Name: Crown Noble
ISBN: 9781943735792

Bianca Phipps

Crown noble, the breathtaking debut by Bianca Phipps, navigates the crossroads of familial ties and forgiveness. Phipps ruminates on the ways we are shaped as humans. Is it nature or nurture? Is it fate or a happenstance? What teaches us to love our generational inheritance, no matter how harmful? Phipps takes us to the most intimate parts of family matters in hopes of understanding conflict as a means of overcoming.

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Ethel

Interesting mix of dark poems exploring the dynamics of family

After reading the poesy collection Dear girl by Aija Mayrock, I thought I would try more poetry books and downloaded Crown Noble on Netgalley. 
The resume was promising as it talks about family and forgiveness and the cover is really nice looking in my opinion. However, I was disappointed by the content. First, it may be because I’m just a beginner in poetry but I didn’t really how to read it, when to take a longer break or how-to rhythm the sentences. Moreover, some poems are just a thick paragraph and even though I quite liked In the clouds, I didn’t like Stay with me that I thought was too long. I also think I’m lacking experience to understand the poems as my parents are not divorced and I never experienced any problems within my family. It explores the dynamics of family and experiences of hurt and can therefore be quite dark. It is an interesting mix and even though I didn’t enjoy them all, some poems really got to me.

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