A Gentle Reminder
Bianca Sparacino
A gentle reminder, for the days you feel light in this world, and for the days in which the sun rises a little slower. A gentle reminder for when your heart is full of hope, and for when you are learning how to heal it. A gentle reminder for when you finally begin to trust in the goodness, and for when you need the kind of words that hug your broken pieces back together. more
152 pages, Paperback
First published Thought Catalog Books
4.28
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Bianca Sparacino
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Bianca Sparacino is a writer from Toronto, Ontario who aims to write honestly about the beauty that arises from the contrasts of life. From love, and loss, to joy and regret, she has dedicated herself to turning the human condition into poetry.Community reviews
I spent the last year loving someone who wasn't ready to love me. It was an experience. And right as it ended, I picked up this book. I've been reading a couple pages here or there over the last 2. 5 months as I grieve the loss of the relationship. more
I felt like a lot of the pages or little quotes were getting repetitive, without fully expanding on an idea or thought entirely, just reusing the same lines over and over. There were also a few typos in my copy. I did find this book to have some poems that were quite profound and underlined quite a few lines and tagged some pages to read again later. Overall okay. I think I liked her previous book more. more
A Gentle Reminder is everything we ever need. If at all you feel like you are not enough, not doing enough, not happy enough or be anything enough just pick up this book. They say time heals but you know words heal anytime. more
a rare contemporary poetry collection that did not make me want to gouge my eyeballs out due to how awful it was. instead, it consisted of numerous rather lovely poems that more often than not spoke to me, even if some of the poems did feel like they had come straight off of tumblr. ”Please, just trust the timing of your life. You don’t have to have it all figured out by a certain age; you don’t have to chase a version of success that does not inspire you. You just have to learn about yourself. more
Repetitive. Sometimes, contradicting. Pretentious. more
It is hard to read a book like this after reading books like “On Earth we’re Briefly Gorgeous” or “This is How You Lose the Time War” because the prose can’t compare. In the realm of poetic writing, those two books have set the standard so incredibly high, with sentences and ideas that poke holes in your heart and make you want to weep for the sake of words that you don’t even fully understand. So, I found the writing of this book to fall flat with it’s vague and repetitive notions. However, reading this book was relaxing and easy, and it contained a general theme of human connection. It reminded me of a conversation I had at Hippiefest a couple years back. more
" Maybe this is the season you are being challenged to make amends with your heart, to stand up for the vast ways in which it loves, and cares, and believes in the goodness of vulnerability, and expression, and being the person who softens even when the world is not gentle. Maybe right now you are getting a second chance — to trust in it, and to forgive yourself for giving it away to those who could not value it; but most importantly, maybe right now you are being called to protect it, to find your way back into your tenderness, to find your way back into your soul. " . Anything Bianca writes is fire, and this is no exception. A must read and reread book ❤. more
"This is your reminder — sometimes your biggest losses end up introducing you to your biggest gains. "esperenme porque yo estoy llorando, porque mi vida amorosa es un quilombo, enamorada de alguien que ya rehizo su vida, a la que ya no le importo y en mi cabeza ibamos a terminar juntos asi que nada, aca estamos con el corazon destrozado leyendo sobre como a veces la vida no es como queremos y como no podemos hacer que la otra persona nos ame y me parece de lo mas injusto. asi que me voy a ir a terminar de llorar hermanas y nada vemos cuando vuelvo a leer. "maybe right now your journey isn’t about love. Maybe right now your journey is about you"pd: este libro seria 1989 de taylor. more
To be precise, it is 3. 5 ⭐It is quite a quote-filled book that I found it hard to finish in one setting. It is like a meal, it has to be savoured slowly because it makes you think and enjoy the words. For me, it definitely brought me back to some instances of my life where I think I could have done better or made a better decision. It also helped me to reflect about what can I do to make my life better. more
This is one of those books where if it finds you at the right time, it can really be special. That's what happened to me. I agree with the other reviewers who said this is a bit repetitive, and for that reason, I deducted a star, but I really needed a book like this. I easily highlighted over half of it because the quotes resonated so much, and it even made me cry which I wasn't expecting. If you're feeling a little lost, this is a nice gentle reminder that everything always works out the way it's supposed to, in the right timing. more
one star. ★ I'm sorry, but there's nothing remarkable. It's repetitive, cliche, and generic love yourself, healing, moving on, etc. It's like a series of tumblr posts compiled into a single book. (No offense to Tumblr; I once was on Tumblr too. more
This book is the perfect balm for heartbreak. I don't think I would have enjoyed it had I not been heartbroken while reading it, which I actually think is a credit to the book. Bianca Sparacino clearly wrote this book for the people who need it. Because it is was so intensely targeted to just one experience, it felt like the words were directly speaking to me and therefore were so, so healing. It's akin to medicine - if you take medicine for an ailment that you're not afflicted by, it probably won't do much of anything. more
I enjoyed "A Gentle Reminder. " The book's title fits well, as it shares helpful thoughts about life and love. While I liked it, towards the end, it got a bit repetitive. DNF at 80%, maybe I will read the remaining 20% at a later moment. . more
cute and inspirational texts, but repetitive and boring at some point. maybe an audio version would work better because this is exactly the kind of texts you'd have in an inspirational youtube video or something. more
Beautiful, heart wrenching, confronting, comforting, time to grow. more
DNF at 30%. Not for me. The content and writing style is more suitable for a younger audience who need romanticized validation or advice for their feelings, perspective, or their self-awareness. more
Sampai saat ini, masih ada sesuatu yang bisa memantik kembali ingatan buruk atas trauma yg pernah kualami. Beberapa hari lalu, aku seperti melihat orang yang kukenal di salah satu gerbong MRT. Sayangnya, posisi kami agak berjauhan sehingga aku nggak bisa memastikan. Aku bukannya mau menghampiri buat menyapanya. Malah sebaliknya. more
A not-so-good-not-so-bad book. I found it okay, but I'll give it two stars instead of three because it did not reach my expectations. "A gentle reminder" is a "poetry" book (even though I would call it somewhere between poetry and short prose) that promises to be there for you through your healing process and give you the motivation to find yourself again. I really liked the concept of this book and the way Bianca Sparacino managed to write about it, but the reason I didn't necessarily find it as amazing and life-changing as I thought I would is the fact that it seemed pretty repetitive to me. I felt like, through the 150 pages, I continously read the same three or four ideas over and over AND OVER again, each time said a little bit different than the time before it. more
Some of the passages are kind of repetitive but overall, it’s a good book when it comes to dealing with loving on and focusing on yourself. . more
felt like i was reading something from tumblr but lovely words nonetheless . more
Het is inderdaad een gentle reminder. While I’m still grieving over this piece of garbage :’), heeft het boek me echt wel geholpen. Ben alleen beginnen te lezen wanneer ik aan mijn ex dacht, zodat het kinda ging matchen met mijn fases van mijn healing stage. Ik had bijvoorbeeld gemerkt wel dat ik met het laatste deel nog niet kan relaten omdat ik nog niet zo ver ben. Het hoofdstuk over closure heeft me zeker geholpen, veel is terugkerend en ook herhaling maar ook veel dingen resonate wel. more
Dnf it at 15% not for me . There were some motivational quotes that you can read everywhere or find on YT, so nothing new and a bit repetitive even in that short amount i read. more
I always thought that I need a closure. A closure that I deserve. Then I picked up this book tonight to this:"One of the hardest lessons you will ever have to learn in life is that you do not need closure to heal and move on from something that had to end, from the kind of love you had to set down. We have to gift ourselves the closure we so deeply desire. We have to take responsibility for our feelings and understand that we cannot wait for someone to give us our healing. more
This is probably the best non-fiction book I’ve read. It’s literally perfect. more
✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰no words can describe how much i needed this book during this season of my life and how grateful i am that i decided to pick it up i’m not lying when i say every single page healed a part of me. it was painful and i cried a lot but i genuinely believe it’s the type of book everyone needs to read at least once in their life one thing i’m sure of is i will come back to it whenever i need it ♡. more
Ada yang butuh bacaan dengan kata-kata comforting. This book is for you. 😃🫵🏻Baca ini tuh menurutku rasanya kayak dimengerti aja gitulohh. Kayak oh iyaa it's okay to feel that way, meskipun kamu harusnya begini dan begitu tapi kalo nggak ya gapapa, yaudah gapapa pelan-pelan aja. Jujur aku bingung mau ngereviewnya gimana karenaaa menurutku buku ini akan punya kesan yang berbeda di tiap orang—tergantung dari kondisi saat itu. more
This book is truly just a gentle reminder. A lot of relevant quotes, but sometimes repetitive and a bit disorganized. Can’t be finished in one setting. « Sometimes you break your own heart. Sometimesyou stay longer than you know you should, becauseyou hold so much hope within you. more
Um livro que maioritariamente só faz sentido a quem se sente perdido, à deriva, com o coração apertado e um nó na garganta. Algumas reflexões tornam-se repetitivas, mas eu gostei tanto e deu-me força num momento da minha vida que está a requerer uma força que eu nem sabia que tinha. Por muito simples e (ligeiramente) repetitivas sejam algumas reflexões, este livro ajudou-me a ver-me de uma maneira diferente e a encarar sentimentos e decisões difíceis como uma lanterna na escuridão. Recomendo a quem perdeu alguém, está prestes a perder alguém ou sabe que está na hora de partir, para seu próprio bem. more