I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley.

I am not a poetry person. I have tried so hard to be so but have failed miserably. With that being said, I think I can recognize a good poet when I read it and I completely felt that with Nox. However, with this particular collection, as the topics were sort of heavy, I truly could not stand it as much as I wished. It triggered me very much and left me a bitter taste in my mouth. I can recommend this book to anyone who likes poetry and whomst is not easily tirggered (like myself).

This looked like such a great book, the cover alone intrigued me. The problem was a got the book and it was archived very soon after. I just wanted you to know, so that you are aware I am interested in reading reviewing and am unable to.

Will follow this author and have been trying to get a copy, but can’t get book.

Thank you NetGalley for sending. Trying to keep closer track of archive dates.

I feel so terrible leaving a critical review, and will not be posting this on my book blog. Poetry is subjective, and the author clearly is vulnerable here. I wanted so much to like this. But so strongly reminded me of high school, working on the lit mag, looking at a pile of angst-ridden poems that should be cut. Those poems were compiled into an ebook and here they are. It's like the breakup poetry of a fourteen year old, one who reads a lot but is a first-timer both in experiencing heartbreak and in trying to write like an "adult." It is trying SO HARD to grasp for profundity in the most banal of ways. Again, very teenaged. In fact, I think the only audience who might appreciate this poetry would be teens or preteens, but to be honest I hope none of them read this, for fear of conflating this bald attempt at emotional pseudo-depth with actual literature.

I believe that poetry can touch the soul of a person of countless ways, but in that case it was not what happened.

The poems are shallow and look like they haven't been finalized.

I hope the other readers may have had a different experience than mine.

"I read all the books you loved
If only to see the world from your perspective"

The first part of this poetry collection reads so differently from the second part. I think if the first and second parts of this collection were split into two different books, they might have worked better for me. At times I couldn't connect with the writing style, and it seemed to take away from the poems on the pages.

At times, it felt like some of the poems jumped around from topic to topic without conveying a story. The poems covered a wide array of topics which included love, relationship experiences, everyday life and emotions, fears people have, and more.

I do think there are people that might read this and enjoy it and are able to connect with the poems where I wasn't.

"Not knowing that only some of us
Are meant to be the heroines
While the rest of us are forced to be
The villains"

I wish some of the poems dove deeper, into some of the thoughts expressed. For example, in the quote above, why was the automatic thought villains? What prompted that response? Was it multiple experiences, heartbreak, or something else? If the second portion of this book focused on the why of the first part, then I might have enjoyed it more.

Content & Trigger Warnings for Alcohol, smoking, death, assault, unhealthy relationships, harming one's self, and more.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an arc and the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.

**Thank you to Victory Editing on NetGalley for giving me an eARC copy of Lost Girls Go Everywhere in exchange for an honest review**

CW: Depression, suicide, death, drug use

This book of poetry and prose may be someone's cup of tea, but it wasn't mine. This book is a generous 2 stars for me, simply because I know that there are probably people out there who would enjoy this. But, I found all of the poetry to be incredibly cliché and something out of a 13 year old's unedited poetry diary. It's hard to write. a negative review when clearly the subject matter is personal to the author, but so much of the writing made me cringe.

***Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***
This book of poetry had a beautiful cover which drew me to it, but the poems were very ranty and this just wasn't the book for me.

Lost Girls Go Everywhere is spilt into two parts - poetry and prose. When I read the first poem, I thought this book would be powerful and relatable. However, although relatable, I didn’t feel that powerful punch that I expected.

The poems themselves seemed plain and rushed, which is such a shame because you can tell that the author has writing talent. However, I still enjoyed the poems, and they covered some important topics that need more awareness. 

As for the prose, I liked them more than the poetry. They covered mostly romance, which isn’t normally my cup of tea, but they were beautifully written, engaging and thought provoking. Stunning imagery weaved into a short narrative story. Overall, I had mixed feelings about this book but I’d still recommend you give it a read.

This was a deeply resonating book of poetry and prose. Nox's words conveyed to me, feelings which are so relatable that I couldn't help but be overwhelmed at the thought someone else felt the same way as I did. And it made it so much easier... I really liked it. The themes were varied and ranged from the emotions of feeling lost amidst a crowd, being lonely, as well as nostalgia that so often reels us and the longing that dethrones us. Amazing! Pick it up!

"Dedicated to all the lost girls. You will find your path between heartbreak and hopes that fuel your dreams. Never give up." It feels almost wrong to rate poetry knowing that is something so deeply personal to the individual. I could relate to many of the themes addressed in Nox's poetry collection–from loneliness, feeling lost, longing, nostalgia, and more. That said, I unfortunately, didn't love it as much as I was hoping to. There is nothing particularly wrong with the writing itself, but it simply did not resonate with me as deeply as I would have liked. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

trigger/content warnings: death mention, sexism, suicidal ideation, alcohol, rape/assault mention, abuse, blood mention, depression

"Lost Girls Go Everywhere" is a combination of poetry and prose, which is very personal as it tackles many aspects of the author's life, from upbringing and childhood friends to their love life and struggles of adult life.

As a person who is not really a poetry connoisseur, I didn't connect with this part of the book as much as I'd like to. But I did enjoy the stories that were at the base of many poems. The second part consists exclusively of prose, which is more up my alley and even though the form changed, the lyricality remained and carried on throughout the whole novel. Some pieces were just stunning in their simplicity and rawness of conveyed emotions, others felt maybe too obvious and cliche.

I always struggle with rating and reviewing books as personal as "Lost Girls Go Everywhere" because it doesn't seem right to put a number on someone's experiences and emotions. That being said, the form was the biggest challenge for me. Other than that, the stories and the lyrical execution were nice.

ARC provided by Netgalley for an honest review
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I was intrigued by this book based on the cover and the description. I liked some quotes in the poetry but the prose was boring to read. This book was basic and it dragged

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read these books in return for an honest review.

I honestly found this collection of poems very beautiful, a few of them brought me to tears. The poems feel incredibly personal and are somewhat of a comfort to read at times. It was nice to just be able to pick up a book and be able to read just one poem or a few poems, depending on what I felt like.

Rating: 4⭐
Would I Read It Again? Yes
Would I Recommend it? Yes

Thank you to Victory Editing and NetGalley for the Reader's Copy!

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By turns heartbroken melodies and self sufficiency mantras, Azzurra Nox's Lost Girls Go Everywhere is an attempt to find a balance in a cold modern world. Written in simple stanzas with plenty of emotion, this an interesting new collection for those who are seeking self-assurance from a break-up. I wish there was more to say but there is not a lot of depth to the poems.

I received an e-copy of this book on netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Part 1 - Poetry
I enjoyed this section and highlighted some parts that really spoke to me and how I feel in my life (although in a slightly different context to how the poems implied). This section started with a poem discussing how different men’s lives tend to be compared to women’s, for example:

“I don’t think any man
Has had labored breaths
From the weight of our fear
and dread
Where we’re constantly on high alert
No place is safe for us
Every place is a danger zone.”

The poems then continue following themes such as saying goodbye to loved ones, feeling second best, heartbreak. Some of the poems while beautiful, didn’t really affect me or have much of an impact on me, while others I stopped and reread sections feeling like my thoughts were put before me.

Part 2 - Prose
This section felt very repetitive to me and I wasn’t a fan. I think that I am just someone who does not enjoy prose as much as I enjoy poetry. Each prose/story showed meeting someone, falling in love and then being heartbroken and while it was a slightly different experience each time it still felt much the same and personally became boring.

Overall, I’ve given this collection two stars because while I enjoyed most of part one, I felt like that flew by in a few minutes and I was left feeling like the collection was dragging and repeating the same theme for the rest of the book. I would be interested to read more by this author in the future.

I always feel a little guilty judging something as subjective and personal as poetry. Sadly, Lost Girls Go Everywhere is not at all what I expected, both theme and construction wise. While the author briefly writes about families, insecurities, sometimes alluding to darker themes (trigger warning for mentions/allusions of suicide and sexual assault), this books mostly is about love and her past relationships, revisiting memories of past lovers at first in short poems, then in prose in the second part. Unfortunately, love poems are not something I'm terribly interested in. The construction also puzzled me, and the only way I can describe it would be song writing like. I really believe some of these would make amazing songs, but for me something was missing. Some of these pieces, to me, read like a Lana Del Rey album, and if you're touched by this type of rhythm and aesthetic, I believe you'd enjoy Nox's work. I might be too old to really enjoy what the author tried to evoke here, and I was definitely expecting something different going into it.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review and opinion.

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“Lost Girls Go Everywhere” Is a collection of poetry and prose written by Azzurra Nox.
It draws loosely from various forms of media including music, literature and art.

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I always feel a bit bad writing a bad review, especially when it’s clear the author is writing about personal topics, but I really couldn’t stomach this collection.

It reminds me loosely of moody poetry I wrote when I was twelve, mixed with a dash of Tumblr poetry seeped in romanticization.

I appreciate what the author was trying to do, but I also didn’t like the glorification of drugs, smoking and alcohol, or intentionally throwing yourself into bad relationships.

Maybe this book would suit those who are better equipped with the ability to stomach tumblr-esque poetry and prose, but this was just not for me.

I received a complimentary copy of this title from the publisher. Opinions expressed are my own.

I will say that I fell in love with the cover. So, points there. It's a great cover.

However, the poetry is pretty much on par with Instagram "poetry." I actually gave up after a handful of poems because the formatting was so terrible. It seemed like line breaks were completely random and made no sense. There was a distinct lack of punctuation. There was, for once, capitalization, but it wasn't wholly where it was supposed to be, rather just the auto-capitalization of line breaks.

Good writers can break the rules, yes. But otherwise, stubborn dedication to "aesthetic" is no excuse for incorrectness.

I would like to thank Azzurra Nox, Twisted Wing Productions, and NetGalley for an advanced reader's copy of Lost Girls Go Everywhere: Poetry and Pose in exchange for an honest review.

I am always excited to explore new poets and different styles of poetry. Unfortunately, this poetry collection felt repetitive throughout many poems. There were instances where I felt like the tone was different, as though the poet came back at a later time and added more to it.

While I did not enjoy the poetry section of this book, I was intrigued by the prose sections. I think Nox gave insight into a lot of feelings that young women face. At times, I found myself wishing some of her poems were expanded on the way her pose was. By the end of the collection, I was wanting more of the prose!

Personally, I really love poetry. It's that kind of literature, which hasn't the focus on telling a long story but on what the reader feels while reading it. So let's get right into "Lost Girls Go Everywhere" by Azzurra Nox, a book full of feelings and emotions, a book of poetry and prose. The book was published on 6th of October 2020 and written by the author and blogger Azzurra Nox. She was born in Catania, Sicily, lived in some European cities, Cuba and currently in Southern California. In the last years, she wrote several other books, like "Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology"(2020), "Bleed Like Me: Poems for the Broken"(2019) and "Doll Parts: Tales of Twisted Love"(2015). Looking at the cover, the first impression was made: I was fascinated and interested. Considering the colours, it's very simple, but at the same time, it radiates some feeling of wildness and independence. Firstly, it doesn't seem to fit the content but rethinking everything it shows an independent woman, who experienced a lot of bad stuff, who needs horns instead of wings, to survive this world, who smokes, to feel better. All in one I like the style of the cover and what it could or could not mean. But the important part is not the cover, it's the content and the style of writing. The writing is separated into two parts: Part I contains the poetry and Part II the short stories written in prose. One page ahead of the Table of contents the author placed three sentences that spend hope. I think they are extremely important because the following poems and stories tend to be sad and hopeless, but these few lines at the beginning tell clearly: "You will find your path […]. Never give up."
The Poetry in "Lost Girls Go Everywhere" was varied: The poems appealed to every emotion I carry with me: I fell in love, I burst of hate, I got disappointed and surprised, I melt with the words and I even cried at one poem. Some poems are short, just a statement and some are filling pages. There were barely rhimes, but for me, good poetry doesn't have to rhyme as long as the feeling is still transported.
The prose texts are written in a similar emotional style as the poems and carry on the love stories of a life full of wandering. Reading them was like getting more background information to the poems. Neither the poems nor the stories seemed to be chronological, which effected a perception of the texts as a collage of experiences from different lives, which makes it easier for the reader to identify with the persona.
Considering the whole work it's to say that I recognised many references to music, to other famous literature, such as Moby Dick, Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray, and namings of other kinds of celebrities, such as Marilyn Manson and Marilyn Monroe. But all in one it is a rather melancholic book, with hope at the beginning, but not at the end. I enjoyed reading it and I'll read it again, but not to upper my mood.
To judge poetry is always difficult, nearly impossible. How should one critic the most subjective thing in this world, as everyone made different experiences and feels just different? But I think the feeling that most of us have in common is heartbreake and that's what the book is about, so grab an extract if possible and enjoy reading feelings put on paper.