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Scroobius Pip – Poetry in (e)Motion | Review

Title: Poetry in (e)Motion

Author: Scroobius Pip

Type: Poetry

Page Count/Review Word Count: 96

Rating: 4/5

Scroobius Pip – Poetry in (e)Motion

This book is super quirky, and I like quirky books. It’s basically some of Scroobius Pip’s lyrics except each song is illustrated by a different artist. The result is a sort of hybrid graphic novel/poem with a range of different styles, which makes it a great book to dip in and out of or to have as a coffee table book. Maybe not for you if you’re not a Pip fan, but worth thinking about!

Scroobius Pip

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Oli Jacobs – Bad Sandwich | Review

September 3, 2018 danecobain

Authors F-J (By Surname)Fiction

Association Author Bad Sandwich Categorised Fiction Indie Mainstream Narrative Novel Oli Jacobs Poem Prose Psychedelic Publishers Review Story Stream of Consciousness Techniques Triumph Visual Weird Word

Title: Bad Sandwich

Author: Oli Jacobs

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 196

Rating: 3.75/5

Oli Jacobs – Bad Sandwich

This book is weird with a capital “we”. It’s no real surprise that this is an indie novel, because I can’t imagine mainstream publishers picking something like this up. Even though I’ve categorised it as fiction, it’s almost like a long, psychedelic prose poem using stream of consciousness techniques and word association. At the same time, though, it does also tell a story.

It’s also super visual, which is refreshing, and I actually thought that Jacobs did a great job of laying out the book while keeping it all on-theme with his unusual approach to writing a narrative. It was a lot of fun, but I don’t know whether I only thought it was fun because I’m also an author.

If you like experimental stuff and you want to support an indie author then you should give this one a chance. I’ve read a few of Oli’s books so far and each of them have been fun. I’m looking forward to reading some more of his stuff, and Bad Sandwich is a triumph for what it is.