It was just an okay read, flows well but nothing connected. Not for me this one.

Thank you, NetGalley for providing an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. 😊🙏🏾

Short but not sweet, "The Forgotten World" is one white man's lament about his race. Throughout the book, the author shares his frustration at all the trouble white people cause around the world. I get that whites and all races have committed crimes against others, but I can't change my color. Instead, I wish to use the blessings I have to impact my sphere of influence and spread love, compassion, kindness, and justice.
I did appreciate the author's note that he wishes to no longer be a tourist in his own life and the reminder to live with love. Also, proceeds of this book go to several charities that address the author's troubles and are striving to make a difference in this world.

"Literally they are stacked high
No one knows who belongs to these skulls
People responsible for this go unprosecuted today
But it's a new day
A monkey pulls over a rope railing protecting a priceless work of stone-carved temple art"

Thank you NetGalley for a chance to read and review this!

This has a terrible cover. The kind of cover that makes you think that the poems will also be terrible, and so the bar was really low. So low that I was genuinely surprised when I found myself enjoying some of Nicks's poems, with "Inside Everyone is a Skull" and "Venus" being my personal favorites.

This is a searing, self-reflective manifesto on the damage done by men, and white men in particular, to the world and to others. It's never self-pitying or defensive, but instead grapples with big ideas and difficult topics with aplomb and sensitivity.

Short, interesting read. Stream of conscious poetry. Or seems so to me. It flows well, I felt lulled reading it, if that makes sense. I enjoyed it, felt enlightened by it, liked the lay out of it- around the world with it's many issues. Readers who like books written in verse will love it.

A great collection of stories like poetry covering a vast number of countries and the issues with these countries. I enjoyed reading the poetry from the United States section as I felt a great connection with these poems.

Pros:
Nick's writing style was easy to follow and picture in my head
Global worldview for understanding different places
Rich vocabulary
Poignant topics discussed through prose

Cons:
Would have loved to see some other 'hard' topics discussed that are common in terms of human rights around the world
Didn't love the cover as far as the huge font