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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

10 reviews

theliteraryteapot's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

Warsan Shire you have such a wonderful way with words.
Very sharp. Some beautiful metaphors (the moon and anything space-related always get me). Tearing the reader's heart apart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Domestic abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, and Cancer

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Alcohol

thewairimu's review

emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Rape

Minor: Death, Drug use, Cancer, and Medical content

jaiari12's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Child death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and War

Minor: Blood, Miscarriage, Abortion, Cursing, and Pregnancy

kirstym25's review

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Grief, Cancer, and War

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Cancer, Alcoholism, Rape, and Pregnancy

rosalind's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Grief, Violence, Torture, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

inamerata's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

5.0

Absolutely stunning. The imagery, the word choice, the pacing, the emotions, the craft -- I lack the words to describe how good this is. This book deals in quite heavy topics, but if you are able, I definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and War

Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Suicide

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Blood, Racism, Murder, Eating disorder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cancer, Abortion, War, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Child abuse, and Abandonment

annemaries_shelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

As a whole, it’s a 4.5 star collection with some outstanding 5+ star poems. 

I loved how she tackled the themes of girlhood and womanhood, experiences of being a refugee and immigrant, grief, trauma, celebrations of life, death, family, and more. Each of the four sections offered something unique to the stories she was telling. 

There are some really heavy subjects/topics and references in this collection, so be aware. 
CW: FGM and gender violence, child abuse and death, rape, death, eating disorders, famine, war and racism, and others.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexism, War, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Child death

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional

5.0

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head is one of my favorite poetry collections of this year ( maybe ever).
“Backwards” and “Bless this House” are two stand out poems for me, but there are plenty of incredible ones which will pull on your heart strings and never cease to amaze you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Violence, Sexual assault, War, Rape, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia