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laplatts's review against another edition
3.0
Kaur is back at it with another powerful collection of poems. I always find at least one or two that resonate with me, but this one had fewer of those than her previous collections. Perhaps I am not so lucky and have not learned to love myself with the passion that Kaur has yet and maybe that's why.
I also feel that compared to her other collections, Home Body is more narratively disjointed. It feels very much like two, perhaps even three, distinct books. I found myself lingering less with this one, and while I enjoyed it I feel that it doesn't quite measure up to the other two.
I also feel that compared to her other collections, Home Body is more narratively disjointed. It feels very much like two, perhaps even three, distinct books. I found myself lingering less with this one, and while I enjoyed it I feel that it doesn't quite measure up to the other two.
florm's review against another edition
3.0
• Mind: 2 estrellas. No me gustaron los poemas de este capitulo, si bien la temática me parece genial porque la depresión es algo con lo que me siento identifica y me encanta que se hable del tema y no sea tabú, los poemas fueron muy sencillos y desordenados, no parecían poesía.
• Heart: 3 estrellas. Hubo varios poemas que me gustaron, principalmente los que son empoderantes y te recuerdan que una mujer no necesita a un hombre. Un problema particular que tengo con los libros de Rupi es que habla mucho de sus experiencias en relaciones románticas tóxicas y eso es algo con lo que no me identifico porque nunca he estado en una.
"if you are waiting for them to make you feel like you are enough you'll be waiting a long time."
"A man can't give me anything I can't give myself"
• Rest: 2,5 estrellas. Me gustó mucho el poema sobre su papá, la cruda realidad se los inmigrantes. No estoy demasiado de acuerdo con todas las críticas que le hace al capitalismo y al consumismo, después de todo su libro esta siendo vendido en todo el mundo y seguramente va a estar en el top de ventas.
• Awake: 3,5 estrellas. Mi capítulo favorito. Poemas cargados de empoderamiento y feminismo. No le pongo una calificación más alta porque sentí que algunos poemas estaban demás y varios no tenían mucho sentido.
"no one on this planet
is in more denial
than the white man
who regardless of all
the evidence in front of him
still thinks racism and sexism
and all the world’s pain don’t exist"
"what a privilege it is
to grow into the
finest version of myself"
• Heart: 3 estrellas. Hubo varios poemas que me gustaron, principalmente los que son empoderantes y te recuerdan que una mujer no necesita a un hombre. Un problema particular que tengo con los libros de Rupi es que habla mucho de sus experiencias en relaciones románticas tóxicas y eso es algo con lo que no me identifico porque nunca he estado en una.
"if you are waiting for them to make you feel like you are enough you'll be waiting a long time."
"A man can't give me anything I can't give myself"
• Rest: 2,5 estrellas. Me gustó mucho el poema sobre su papá, la cruda realidad se los inmigrantes. No estoy demasiado de acuerdo con todas las críticas que le hace al capitalismo y al consumismo, después de todo su libro esta siendo vendido en todo el mundo y seguramente va a estar en el top de ventas.
• Awake: 3,5 estrellas. Mi capítulo favorito. Poemas cargados de empoderamiento y feminismo. No le pongo una calificación más alta porque sentí que algunos poemas estaban demás y varios no tenían mucho sentido.
"no one on this planet
is in more denial
than the white man
who regardless of all
the evidence in front of him
still thinks racism and sexism
and all the world’s pain don’t exist"
"what a privilege it is
to grow into the
finest version of myself"
lucygwrites's review against another edition
5.0
A powerful collection of poems that I’m sure will stay with me for a while. Now I shall read the rest of her works.
nemesislore's review against another edition
4.0
There is a story arc to these poems that weaves them together and makes them even more meaningful than they are as standalone poems. This is a thoughtful, cohesive story told in accessible modern poetry that pushes the standard expectations of poetry. It doesn’t have to be cryptic or big. It can be about little moments. It can be two lines long. It doesn’t have to be heavy hitting to be beautiful and potent.
mennaayman's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0