POETRY AND PROSE
Sailing away from her first book, An Ocean of Grey, Kamalia Hasni’s second book, A Wave of Dreams, is another collection of poetry and prose, each one complemented with gorgeous illustrations by local artists Rizal Aziz, Aisyah Shakirah and Adora Kamalia.
The book follows the author's journey in healing from previous heartbreak, her empowering discovery of self-love and independence, her experiences and struggles in living alone in a new country, and her courage in giving love a second chance.
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Check out what our readers think OF AN OCEAN OF GREY
"An Ocean of Grey is a great book of poetry with lots of heart and soul. Hasni could very well compete with other famous poets from this time and this first book of hers is hoped not to be her last. I highly recommend it to all lovers of poetry, and lovers of words."(Click on the link below for the full review)
"Almost everything in this book hit close to home, and I must say I had to repeatedly remind myself to breathe; because every single word, every single sentence in this book took my breaths away, and I'll forever be amazed by the author's clever choice of words and how fitting they would be in my situation if this were to be released six years ago when I experienced my first heartbreak." (Click on the link below for the full review)
"A lot of thought and effort was put into ensuring the reader could take it all in, one memory at a time, one event at a time. I can feel her emotions, and empathise on her struggles. It was all so relatable, so if you are going through or have gone through such love and lost, it will remind you that we broken souls are not that much different after all. But we are still fighting today, we are still doing all we can to be the best versions of ourselves." (Full review on Sofea's blog)
"From the gorgeous front cover, to the astounding choice of words in the enchanting poems, to the magnificent illustrations and even to the back cover of this book; I am utterly in love with every single bit of it." (Click on the link below for the full review) Photo credit: @awkwardbiblio (Instagram)
"I could relate to every single page, including the ones that I reread multiple times because I could just live in those words. We have all went through this type of heartbreak, as there is a labyrinth of heartbreaks in this world. But this one, god, this one, makes you feel like you’ve had your heart ripped out and shredded into pieces. Kamalia Hasni has put all our unspoken voices into her own set of poetry and prose." (Click link for full review) Photo credits: @inscribedink (Instagram)
"I can feel the heartache the writer tries to convey through her words when she wrote about heartbreak. Her style of writing is very simple and easy to understand so I think this really would appeal to the younger generations especially when they've been through heartbreaks of their own." (Click on the link below for the full review) Photo credits: @MuhammadAimxn (Twitter)
"This 159 pages book encapsulates all of the authors emotional struggle throughout her breakup ranging from grief, anger, frustration, jealousy and regret. Those feelings are then beautifully expressed with illustrations made by her fellow friends that had supported her along the road." (Click on the link below for the full review) Photo credits: @syamilrusdi (Twitter)
"I think what I loved most about this book was the rawness of the emotions displayed in these poems. You could genuinely feel the hurt and the anguish, the anger and the disappointment, every feeling that was portrayed by the author as she wrote these pieces. For the poems that I could not really connect to, my heart still ached for her anyway." (Click on the link below for the full review) Photo credits: @bookpaws (Instagram)
