Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Homie by Danez Smith

34 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

"& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me"

Homie is a declaration of enduring and joyous love. Smith's deep compassion for their friends is a uniting theme in this structurally playful collection. Smith weaves their own identity as a Black, poz, queer, and nonbinary person through poems that capture how loving & living can be frustrating and beautiful at the same time.
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This was my second read for #transrightsreadathon 2024.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Grief, and Suicide

kjofalltrades's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Homophobia

yinflower's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Child death, Suicide, Racism, Death, and Violence

steviel's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Mental illness

racial slurs are used to de-stigmatize and to reclaim.

alaynapowell's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

readswithcocktails's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

readingtotravel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective

4.5

Beautiful collection. Every poem is warm and inviting and handled with grace -- whether the topic was friendship, loss, Grief, racism, anger, queerness, etc. 

This was my first Danez Smith collection. I'm looking forward to reading more of their work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood

fieldofhats's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide, Classism, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

milliemillz's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide