Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

36 reviews

mold_munchr's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

litletters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, War, Eating disorder, Violence, Rape, Xenophobia, and Sexual violence

rayannotates's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

elyssajoh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, War, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

dafni's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Xenophobia, Racism, and Child abuse

krys_kilz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

Julia Alvarez's review of this collection sums up my feelings: "This fierce and compelling book of poems should come with a warning label: These poems will break your heart."

My favorite poems in the collection were: Assimilation, Home, Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle, Backwards, Hooyo Isn’t Home, and Bless the Gun Tossed into a River. 

"Dear Uncle, is everything you love foreign
or are you foreign to everything you love?"

- from Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, War, and Racism

Minor: Suicide and Eating disorder

americattt's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

“You only leave home when home won’t let you stay…No one puts their children on a boat unless the water is safer than the land. No one would choose days and nights in the stomach of a truck, unless the miles traveled meant something more than journey.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and War

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

 Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. It is the first full length poetry collection by this Somali British poet and reflects the realities of Black Muslim women from immigrant and refugee backgrounds, realities that include both great sorrow and great joy. I found it to a be really accessible collection and was at times blown away by the sheer power of Shire’s words. Home (well-known apparently but new to me) was a standout, succinctly and starkly explaining the reality of the decision to flee home and of being a refugee. Plenty of imagery from other poems grabbed my attention too - “…Amel’s hardened nipples push/through the paisley of her blouse, minarets/
calling men to worship.” Highly recommended, especially if you are looking for an accessible relevant contemporary collection.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, and Death

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

mgudaval's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape