Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for an advanced electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This poetry collection talks about loss and loneliness, and though it reads well, I didn't find it particularly compelling. However, I did enjoy the visual art pieces inserted between every few poems. I found that the images helped the poet to tell their story in a clearer way.

this collection was unfortunately nowhere as exceptional as Unnahar's previous work. Although there was a huge scope for this collection, it fell somewhat short. There were a few good pieces but the overall experience reading this book was anticlimactic considering how excited I had been for it.

Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with an e-copy of this book in exchange of an honest review. "New Names for Lost Things" by Noor Unnahar is a very personal book that many will find wonderful and will most probably relate, while many will deem it to be marvellous, yet hard to connect with. Noor Unnahar's poems are soaked in emotions and her writing style is very authentic, innovative and aimed to move the reader. The sketches and pictures were a very nice touch to the overall aesthetic. The only reason why I cannot give this book 5 stars is that despite the quite strong start, by the end the poems seemed rather repetitive. The trigger warnings include death, loneliness, etc. "New Names for Lost Things" is a beautiful and sincere poetry collection, which comes from the author's soul.

I enjoyed the unique imagery used in this but I just couldn't get into the actual poems. It was difficult to connect with them personally, I just don't think I like Unnahar's style of poetry.

I honestly couldn’t get into this book of poetry, so I did not finish it. I agree with another reviewer who said it sounded like ramblings from someone. I couldn’t relate to any poems I read.

I haven’t read a poetry book in a minute and this was definitely a good one to get back into it.

I like that the poems were all relatable and digestible and there were pieces of many that you could see yourself in. A lot of them centered around loneliness, family, and grief and finding yourself and losing yourself.

I especially enjoyed the poems “pockets”, “things half remembered” and “name your loneliness”

It was also a good read because the author changes up the formats of their poems but they all centralize around the same themes and all relate to each other.

The only thing I didn’t particularly understand or enjoy were some of the images with and without words. I wasn’t sure how they related or what the point was - however some of the handwritten poems were powerful so I wish those were included more.

I didn’t like this book at all. The ‘poetry’ and illustrations seemed like the ramblings and thoughts of an unhinged person! I expected better from the title. There are lots of blank pages and space. I would not recommend this book. I use the word ‘poetry’ loosely for this book. I don’t think it was well thought out.

I don't think there is any doubt that Noor Unnahar is a talented poet. As a reader, I usually want to feel like the poems are speaking to me personally, and that did not happen here. That is nothing against the author, it just means that I am not the intended audience for these poems. I still enjoyed reading them and could see the emotional journey even though I did not relate to it on a deep personal level.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for a fair review.

This book was extremely well written and the black and white imagery throughout was gorgeous. It tied in very well with each poem/prose. I also learned a few new words in a different language along the way.

Maybe I was expecting too much from the new poetry collection by one of my all-time favourite writers.

I could relate to the lines and I felt the connection. But somehow I felt they were written for someone else and I was reading about it. It's beautiful yet I felt like they needed to be mine when I read them.

I like the real pictures as well as the abstract sketches in between.

A good read but I still feel the author's previous collection is my all-time favourite.

Thank you author and the publisher for the advance reader copy.

''Have you been dreaming lately?''

I've been wanting to read Noor's second poetry book ever since I read her debut because I absolutely loved it, and it didn't disappoint me. Beautiful poetry about loneliness and loss, which we can all relate to. I sincerely can't wait to read more of her work.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this before publication date.

This poetry set is filled with poems about love and loss, grief and understanding and I absolutely adored them. I really loved them for what they were they were so well written they’re definitely a set I’ll keep in my mind for a very long time after this! 5 out of 5 stars what a pleasure!

The visual art for Unnahar's book is absolutely gorgeous. I was drawn into New Names for Lost Things by the gorgeous cover, and the artwork inside did not disappoint.

I wholeheartedly believe that poetry has its own, very personal, rating system. While I did not connect with Unnahar's words, I know that others most definitely will.

I found the format of the poetry to be interesting and was unsurprised to see a different take on word formatting coming from a visual artist. It was enjoyable to read, solely for the visual aspect and aesthetics alone.

Noor Unnahar’s poetry collection, 'New Names for Lost Things,' was average. It tackled subjects concerning identity, interactions of generations with each other, the life of an artist, and inheritance from family and culture, though it seemed Unnahar focused more on quantity than quality.

Some of the poems felt like a ‘cheaper’ or weaker version of another poem as their coverage and vocabulary were similar. Repetition can work and be effective, but only to an extent before it's considered annoying, unimaginative, or overused. This collection may have been stronger for me if the number of poems had been reduced and compact to focus on its quality and theme.

I didn’t like her usage of ampersands (&) and slashes (/) in her poems, but I did appreciate the usage of parentheses for the flow and proximity of words. I suppose her usage of ampersands and slashes currently challenge my views on contemporary poetry.

Despite my perception, I loved 21 of her poems in this collection by reason of her skill with delivering sentimentality and family history.