Although it falls into Amazon's Love Poems" category, Heiko Julien's "I Am Ready To Die a Violent Death" seems to deserve a more general classification - something along the lines of "Books That Make You Feel Things." The new work blends Internet poetry with short stories, both believable and ridiculous, in a poignant, moving way.
"I Am Ready To Die a Violent Death," Julien's literary debut, is a real accomplishment in contemporary storytelling. His ability to create new worlds and capture the modern experience of living - with a unique approach - is present on every page. This book, a combination of poetry, prose and short pieces that often read like tweets, includes stories that may be grounded in truth, as well as others that are purely hypothetical or blatantly disjointed. With titles like "Sex Is Real and It Affects The Future" and "Love Is Enough Except When It Isn't," Julien thoroughly examines the everyday parts of life that most people thoughtlessly accept
