Adultolescence
By Gabbie Hanna
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About this ebook
In poems ranging from the singsong rhythms of children’s verses to a sophisticated confessional style, Gabbie explores what it means to feel like a kid and an adult all at once, revealing her own longings, obsessions, and insecurities along the way. Adultolescence announces the arrival of a brilliant new voice with a magical ability to connect through alienation, cut to the profound with internet slang, and detonate wickedly funny jokes between moments of existential dread. You’ll turn to the last page because you get her, and you’ll return to the first because she gets you.
Gabbie Hanna
Gabbie Hanna is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Adultolescence and a Billboard-charting musical artist. Starting off as a web-based creator, she amassed a combined 20 million followers across her social media platforms as she worked on her writing and music. A native of a small town in Pennsylvania and University of Pittsburgh graduate, Gabbie shocked her loved ones when she drove cross-country to pursue her dreams in Los Angeles where she currently resides. For more information visit @GabbieHanna on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A book that would be alot better if the author had talked more with the editors and ORGANIZED the Poems
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I have no words for this “poetry book”, It is remarkably bad.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I know she wrote it half-jokingly. The joke-y poems were definitely not my cup of tea, but one or two of the more serious ones I really liked. And it also inspired me to pick up my poetry again. So absolutely worth the one - one and a half hour I spent reading it. I certainly think there is room for improvement, so I'm curious about her new poetry, I hope it'll be posted soon on scribd too. :)
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cute little poetry book. A lot of free form and holds the seemingly lack of effort that occurs in most books by YouTubers. But I think people hate it more because who wrote it rather than the book itself.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Me and my roomates read this together and it was exceeded our expectations; it was worse than we thought.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Horrible. It hurt to read. Didn’t even finish it.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Thanks, I hate it.
This book is filled with grammatical errors, the way people write online nowadays some may say. It's like a collection of tweets, not poems.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Wish I could give this zero stars because giving it 1 stars is too generous. This book belongs in the doggy poop bag because it stinks.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Utter shit...just bad. I cannot think of one good thing to say
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Book preview
Adultolescence - Gabbie Hanna
UNEXPECTED
ladies and gentlemen,
come have a look!
here at last,
another youtuber book!
just what we needed!
someone to produce
the tangible ego of
a twenty-something douche.
SLEEP
RECESS
jacob and emily sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
first came love
then came marriage
then came a stale & empty life
as a result of the societal pressures
to wed which led
to a semi-public affair and a severe
case of alcoholism
mixed with mental illness
followed by a grueling 2-year divorce
that damaged the kids emotionally
and left everyone without
a sense of direction or self-worth
O-POSITIVE
i donated blood today.
feels good to finally be somebody’s type.
ADVICE 14
when i was a kid my biggest fear was getting lost in
space & it turns out maybe i shouldnt have been so
stressed about that bc i dont have a spaceship so dont
make problems where there arent any
BFF
Lonely’s been my bestest friend
for as long as i remember.
he gets a little clingy,
especially mid-to-late december.
but Lonely’s alway been there
every single time i’ve cried.
through all the downs and heartaches,
he’s never left my side.
even when i hide away
where no one else can see me,
Lonely is my bestest friend
’cause Lonely never leaves me.
POUT
ADVICE 10
when i was little i was the only person who couldnt do
a cartwheel bc i was 2 scared so i tried & tried & guess
wut i still cant do a cartwheel but i gave it my best
shot & it’s ok to fail as long as u try
STICKS
you’re a dimwit, a nitwit,
a halfwit and a dipshit.
a peon, a moron,
an utter bore and yawn!
imbecile! ignoramus!
vile, yucky, heinous!
a nincompoop, a ninny,
and absolutely cringey.
you’re a roly-poly fatty from all the things you’ve eaten.
you’re a jackass, an asshat, a nutcase, and a cretin.
numbskull, twerp, jack-off, pleb,
dunce, dweeb, dunderhead,
bozo, dork, buffoon, flop,
stupid, smelly, useless mop.
hold on, wait, i’m not the type
to call someone a dummy!
to whom could i ever speak this way?!
oh crap, i’m talking to me.
BEST
everyone tells me i deserve better.
i know i deserve better.
but i don’t want better.
i want you.
HIDE
everyone’s asking if i’m feeling okay.
the truth is i’m always feeling this way.
i’m just having a hard time disguising it today.
INSPIRED
the next poem you’re about to read
is because it suddenly came to me.
i hopped out of the shower soaking wet
to write it down before i could forget.
so i really hope you like it
’cause i just lost my security deposit
when i drenched my brand-new carpet
so you could read it and think fam, this is lit!
hope the next page was worth the compromise
of shampoo running into my eyes.
STRANGER
he asked, can i kiss you?
she replied,
i don’t know you that well.
he asked her favorite color.
come on, she said, you can do better.
so he took it to heart and better he did;
he learned about what she was like as a kid.
he listened to her friends, oh, the stories they’d tell!
he talked to her demons and learned them as well.
he became her diary the way he would hold
ever so dearly the secrets she told.
he knew all the anguish she buried inside.
he’d seen all her scars and the thoughts they implied.
but after a while he stopped asking questions
and