Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Homie by Danez Smith

16 reviews

finnthehuman217's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

This collection is so beautiful and Smith has such a beautiful unique voice and the way they deliver the lines of poetry is so amazing! I highly recommend listening to it if you have the chance bc these poems are so well done! 

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eldritch_horror's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75


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fieldofhats's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This was not an easy book to finish. It’s less than 100 pages, but it is extremely heavy. Danez Smith is a master poet who knows how to weave humor and dark topics together beautifully, but the heaviness often outweighs the humor in this one. This collection is poignant and relevant, but not wholly enjoyable. That’s not to say this is a bad collection by any means whatsoever — it was just hard to get through. Be thoroughly aware of the trigger warnings for this book before reading.

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camillatd's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Some of the best poetry I've read. Heartwrenching, gripping, so so good.

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americattt's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.25

"Is death any easier if you can call your killer kin?"

Favorite poems: Rose & On Faggotness

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astralfeline's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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lilawsahar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Buy it! Read it! If you’re white, use it to develop some empathy! I’m white and my heart grew ten times the size. Off to go buy their other poetry collectives. 

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becksusername's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0


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brittney_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Listen to the audiobook, as it is read by the author. They did a phenomenal job; very moving pieces 

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therainbowshelf's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

Danez Smith’s poetry is reflective of life, and takes a hard look at racism, homophobia, and living with aids. There are a lot of striking lines in this book. I listened to the audio, so although I don’t think I got as much of the poems’ contents, it was fun listening to Danez perform his work. I also appreciated the intro explaining the real title of this collection and why he called it Homie.

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