Adultolescence
‘ i’ll ruin your day without rhyme or reason.’ – Gabbie Hanna Gabbie Hanna’s poetry anthology is the only Youtuber book I’ve actually wanted to read because it starts to turn Youtubers away from the new idea of being social influencers to the older mentality of them being creators. ‘Adultolescence’ contains a wide variety of both fictional and autobiographical poems from Hanna that, much like her videos, have relatable and entertaining narratives such as the poems of ‘Philosophy’, ‘Stunted’ and ‘Lonely’. Coupled with these poems she includes an unique feature of illustrations that accompany nearly every poem showing Hanna’s artistic side as well. The pictures are drawn monochromatically which allows the reader to indulge in their own creative journey. Amongst these well thought out poems are many less impressive ones that Hanna admits herself are just ‘fillers’. Also, her childlike idea that poems are expected to rhyme at times takes away from the story being told and fo...