Reviews
… «Is a generationally mature poet who is increasingly aware of the complexity of her existence in society and also of her own transience (Transient (Minljiva), Silver (Srebrni)). The inner captivity can be transcended through another, which, after all, mirrors his own authenticity, as he humorously thematizes in his poem: And I was never / one of those girls / with pink crocs. Moreover, it is noticeable in the latest collection that the lyrical voice is no longer so much dependent on traditional notions of the active male and passive female principle. The latter is also active and thoughtful in terms of conquering meanings and the future, but not in the typical feminist view, as illuminated by some contemporary Slovenian poets, either from the generation of Sambolič or younger. "
"The highlight of this cycle is the longer song Očarana, through which several different themes are intertwined in an innovative way. The poem itself is not so much about concrete allusions to external events, the poet's characteristic problematization of duality or probing fragments from nature, but about ontological reflection on the paradoxicality and complexity of modern man, his well-being between things or in the world. It begins with the admiration of the sea, and continues with deeper insights, such as: The injustices / with which we are chewed / and those / which happen to everyone else hurt too much. "
"It can be concluded that the most recognizable feature of Klementina Sambolič's poetry is the interweaving of several levels, with the core always representing the author's existential experience, more precisely her life, both through the present and the past, as she sees it retrospectively. The lyrical sequence of sensory images is thus sovereignly joined and opened by a suggestive female reflection, defined by the presence of the other and the above-mentioned thematic dimensions. "
-From the literary criticism of dr. Robert Simonišek of poetry book Očarana-