Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

9 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

A powerful, reflective collection with stunning cover art. Strong poems and playful formats. 

Favorites included:
-Partition (esp. the first one)
-When the Orders Came
-From
-Microaggression Bingo
-If They Come For Us

"I think I believe in freedom, I just don't know where it is."
-How We Left: Film Treatment

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Racism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Violence, and War

bibliorama's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

How do you review a poem or a book of poems? I have no idea.

I don't read enough poetry to feel like I could give a decent review, so take my star rating with a grain of salt.

I liked many of the poems in this collection. The standouts to me were "Kal" "Partition, 1945: my grandfather steps off a train in Jammu & Kashmir" "How we left: Film Treatment" and "Other Body"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Racism, Sexual content, War, Body shaming, Child death, Hate crime, and Islamophobia

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful and powerful. I didn't know much about the Partition of Pakistan and India. Asghar mentions it and how it still affects people. They also talk about their sexuality and gender. Also about being an immigrant, Muslim, and the Islamophobia after 9/11.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Colonisation, Death, War, Bullying, Body shaming, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

ridaaamina's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

If They Come For Us is a beautiful poetry book written by an Immigrant Desi Muslim writer whose parents died as a consequence of the India-Pakistan partition & grew up in an orphanage in the United States, away from home and nothing to go back to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Sexual content

Moderate: Racism

counterfeitnickel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

A deeply personal and emotionally impactful work. Displays in uncomfortable detail the impact of inter generational trauma.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Grief, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

aishallnot's review against another edition

informative reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, and Racism

softgalaxy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

Amazing poetry. Felt it to my core. Didn’t hold back at all. Was stunned at some of the poems, how visually stunning they were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Bullying

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, War, Colonisation, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

bookishplantmom's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

This was a grounded read. Beautifully written and emotionally impactful. It was not what I expected, though I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I picked it up. I think shorter non-fictions with a poetic flair are a very compelling medium to communicate some tougher topics to uninitiated readers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Colonisation, Racism, Racial slurs, Body shaming, and Transphobia