Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

15 reviews

siebensommer's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

4.0

why do i hurt the ones
who want to lift me up and
worship the ones who crush me
- what made me like this

being the loudest on earth's playground
doesn't make us any more important than
the dirt we crush beneath our feet
we are a people
who forget what we are made of
a people who talk about the weather
as if it's mundane and not magic
as if the oceans
are not holy water
as if the sky
is not a vision
as if the animals
are not our siblings
as if nature is not god
and rain is not god's tears
and we are not god's children
as if god is not the earth itself
i was trying to fit into a system
that left me empty
- capitalism

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jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Surviving and suffering
Mental health 
Victimisation 
Toxic and or abusive relationships 
Sex 
Capitalism and its effects 
Identity. Being Sikh and acknowledging the 1984 genocide 
Race and racism 
Misogyny 
Inclusion in feminism (trans inclusive)
Love 
loss
trauma 
healing 
femininity
 and migration 
The many themes present within this book.  I particularly loved some of the ones addressing and calling out the ineffectiveness of white feminism and its exclusionary practices. Additionally, I think it’s great that Kaur draws attention to her family’s historical traumas such as the Sikh genocide ontop of personal traumas such as the themes of rape we’ve seen through all three collections. 

Titles in this collection are mind heart rest awake. 
It feels like it’s a therapy, both for Kaur to write and to read and to relate to. Throughout reading these collections I’ve grown a great appreciation for Kaur’s writing and for her willingness to share some of these tough experiences with the world. 
I think these are a great entryway into poetry, with a mostly short format of simple stanzas and then the rare more intricate poem that takes up a few pages. 

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emersonrosegiella16's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

I love this book. Any time I found myself relating to a poem or a part of it I highlighted it. Even though I can’t relate to everything written, I felt seen reading the things I’ve been thinking to myself translated so beautifully on paper. I’ll definitely be going back to this in the future with a new highlighter and see where I am then.

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blueyogi's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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4.0


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joisaddler's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0


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samigilbert's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

just a beautiful collection of poems. it made me feel so many different emotions and i enjoyed reading this a lot.

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emoryscott's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75


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challenging dark emotional reflective sad

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c45p1n's review against another edition

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reflective

4.0


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