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=                                                                 Swimming Lessons (Poetry Collection) = Swimming Lessons was a poetry collection written by Lili Reinhart. Reinhart is a famous American actress, mental health awareness advocate, author and poet. Reinhart is most known from her

character Betty Cooper on the show Riverdale (2017-present), her character Annabelle in the drama movie Hustlers (2019), and her character Grace Town in the movie that was adapted from the book

Our Chemical Hearts written by Krystal Sutherland. The poems contain illustrations which were created by Curt Montgomery. Montgomery is a self-taught illustrator and tattoo artist. Montgomery’s

illustrations are mainly based on allude representations of romance, heart break, and love.

Release
Swimming Lessons was released on September 29th, 2020. Reinhart originally planned for Swimming Lessons to be released on May 5th, 2020. Due to the current and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,

Reinhart decided to push back the release date. According to the Just Jared Jr website, Reinhart expresses her opinion about pushing back her release date and the COVID-19 pandemic in a video that

she posted to her Instagram. Reinhart expresses, “Due to the current state of the entire world right now, and the United States, my book ‘Swimming Lessons’, which was supposed to come out on May 5th,

is now being pushed to later this year, in the fall. It’s a bummer, but it’s just the way it is right now, and right now there are much more important things going on in the world than a poetry book,” she

continues. “I wanted to say I’m sorry for those who had pre-ordered and were looking forward to it. It’ll come eventually. Thank you for being patient.”

Themes
Swimming Lessons contains a vast variety of themes. The themes range from heartache, young love, growing up, falling and getting back up, romance, love, her battle with depression and anxiety, first

love, first heartbreak, fame, and experiences as a woman.

The Positive
On the GoodReads website there are many reviews written already about Swimming Lessons. On average, Swimming Lessons is rated four stars by readers. Kea (featherboundbooks) rated Swimming

Lessons as five stars and she said that, “I absolutely adored this collection of poems. Lili writes some heartbreaking verses about love and loss in Swimming Lessons that had me clutching my chest. This

was a vulnerable peek into one of the most private aspects of her personal life. She speaks of some difficult moments of depression and the feelings of incredible inadequacy when the one you love does

not or cannot love you back in the same way. But then, she writes about feeling a love so deep that she will never feel those exact feelings and those moments with another person. This was such a

beautiful collection, especially since I had the opportunity to listen to an ALC thanks to Macmillan Audio, which was narrated by Lili herself. She has a wonderful way lyrical way of speaking anyway, but

this was next level. I am so thankful to have been given the chance to listen to this collection of poems. And while this is her first published work, Lili Reinhart has been writing poetry for YEARS. She is an

advocate for women and mental health, and that shines through in this collection.”

The Negative
Kristen rated Swimming Lessons as two stars on the GoodReads website. She said that, “i think she has the heart of a poet, but her words don’t quite measure up to the feelings behind them. the poems

are like journal entries; real and very raw, but not really refined. very little poetic devices are used outside of plain imagery and similes, so not as interesting or creative as it could have been if different

strategies had been explored a little more. overall, i was underwhelmed.”