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torturedreadersdept's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Racism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body shaming, Incest, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Rape
lala_reads_too's review against another edition
0.25
poetry.
Just words
and cringy
“art”
Written like this.
With drawings
That
My
12 year old
Cousin
Could draw.
Such a waste of paper.
Think about the planet 🪐
- LalaReadsToo
Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
samcsmith's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, and Pedophilia
filipa_maia's review against another edition
4.0
some poems are very raw and detached, others are more kind and self-forgiving.
Every women should read this book. Loved it!
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault
lbarnes011's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. this book is about poetry and its a deep dive on the authors challenging life experiences and talks about how poetry saved her life.
Graphic: Self harm, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
megan_danyelle's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Rape
sarahsbooklife's review against another edition
1.25
This book just wasn't for me.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
lakinglaze's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual content, Body shaming, Incest, and Emotional abuse
kittykatruin's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Dysphoria, Rape, Misogyny, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship
michaelion's review
2.5
So anyway I get it. Very corny, very basic, I still think it's a waste of a tree and a waste of paper. But not necessarily a waste of ink... Plenty of the pages are pretty moving. Sometimes basic is resounding and renowned for a reason. Now that I've read this though you can really see the influence she and others like her have had on pop culture in general. Is that good or bad? The answer is yes. (But mostly it's bad.)
I don't like making reviews like this but here I goes. The "poems" aren't really rhythmic or present with the flow of things I usually associate with the term "poetry." Like, yes, arguably a lot of poetry is like this but I personally don't like that. Just because you put several line breaks in something that in any other case would be considered a run on sentence I'm supposed to clap for you? And there are some instances where even when there is a line break it's still a run on sentence? No punctuation at all girl? Not even a comma? An em dash? A semi colon? It's confusing. Pick a struggle.
On a positive note, there's kind of a storyline here. This book couldve been improved if the "poems" weren't placed in the same theme in random order but in a way that better connected them, because it's clear many of the poems are about different people, not just one ex or how that ex connects with a parent or family member. All those people have different feelings and memories attached to them. But alas. Rupi Girl, you'll never be Sandra Cisneros. You'll never be Mitski Miyawaki's Magnificent Musical Melodrama now available on Spotify.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Gaslighting, Self harm, Mental illness, Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest