Her longest collection yet, the book uncovers how our past - past relationships, memories, and ourselves - can haunt us. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

With every new page, I wonder if the author somehow has followed me through life and narrated my thoughts and clumsy and awkward conversations. Overall, this is a lovely collection that might help you through some hard times with its relatability and subtle warmth threaded throughout its words. I stepped cautiously in front of my mirror to find a girl with swollen eyes dressed in armor, protecting her body from the stings of the words I had been throwing at her for years. TJ Denzer of Shacknews found the puzzle design, machine interactivity, immersive soundtrack, minimalist world, and gameplay depth to be exemplary, but criticized the game's shorter length, abstract sense of progression, and occasionally idling gameplay.

allowing me to ride the waves of my own experience and allowing me to understand I’m not alone in the roughest times. I have been wanting to record this view and scene for some time as the future of this beach how we currently know it is uncertain. The larger variety of landscapes meant that each location needs to be more visually distinct and the team had to fill the world with more color when compared to that of Lone Sails. Schmocker further added that designing the environment is more difficult in Changing Tides because it features a wide variety of landscapes such as lakes, rivers, and oceans. It reminded me of the pain of heartbreak, of what it takes to love oneself, what it’s like to heal, to dig your own self out of the pits.

It touched the deepest parts of my being that I have kept locked away, kept hidden, and have healed from.Losing Myself Brought Me Here is my journey from being so completely lost in life, to finding the roads that lead me to where I wanted to go. Poetry for the soul that walks a fine line between losing yourself in the world and finding yourself again, often in the smallest of moments. I am picky with poetry, but I cannot ignore it when it is a direct mirror of myself looking back at me.

Although it was at times strengthening, due to her exploration of struggle, pain, and mental health, at other times it wasn’t an emotionally easy read for me.

The author does an amazing job in capturing every word for each poem to make it more universal while still being so personal. Shelby Leigh is a mental health poet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the author of two poetry collections: It Starts Like This and c hanging with the tides.

The words were so beautiful and I love the writing style as well as how the author shared her insights and feelings through poetry.Vikki Blake of Eurogamer recommended the game, writing, "It turns out Far: Changing Tides is every bit as bewitching as its predecessor thanks to its stunning presentation, haunting soundtrack, and wholly unique gameplay and puzzle mechanics. I particularly appreciated how vulnerable the poet allowed herself to be, which then made her ultimate journey toward empowerment even more compelling. Shelby Leigh is a mental health poet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the author of two poetry collections: It Starts Like This and c hanging with the tides. Graham Banas of Push Square praised Far: Changing Tides' art direction, soundtrack, sound design, and final moments while criticizing its slower pacing, balance of activities, and unchallenging puzzle design. FAR: Changing Tides’ moments of peril and intrigue are delivered by environmental dangers and puzzles to overcome, but these feed into the solitary, almost meditative approach to gameplay.