Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

7 reviews

bookishmillennial's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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An absolutely stunning collection of poetry that was haunting, devastating, and powerful. Asghar’s creativity shines in the way they experiment with formats, such as crosswords, fill-in-the-blank, and more (typically) playful concepts yet presenting such grim and upsetting material. Asghar provides the historical context which is woven into many of the poems: the Indian/Pakistani Partition, which is another example of Great Britain fucking shit up for everyone. 

I highly recommend this, and want my own physical copy now 💟

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Genocide, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, and Body shaming

wellgonomorearoving's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Genocide, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape

pabi's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Toxic friendship, War, Grief, and Racism

counterfeitnickel's review

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

_saphyr_'s review

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I need a physical copy of this book! I am dying to annotate. It is so lyrical, eye opening, daring, daunting, and blunt in the best ways possible. It definitely touches on some serious subject matters, definitely look into trigger warnings but as far as it's structure and execution, top tier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Genocide, and Murder

softgalaxy's review

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

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