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Haus Feuer Körper: Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head (zweisprachige Ausgabe Englisch-Deutsch) by Warsan Shire
27 reviews
jaiari12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Child death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and War
Minor: Blood, Miscarriage, Abortion, Cursing, and Pregnancy
melhara's review against another edition
3.5
As with most poetry collections, there were some poems that stood out to me more than others, including Assimilation; Drowning in Dawson's Creek; My Father, The Astronaut; and, Bless This House.
Here's a passage from Assimilation:
The refugee's heart often grows
an outer layer. An assimilation.
It cocoons the organ. Those unable to grow the extra skin
die within the first six months in a host country.
As much as I like listening to poetry via audiobook or reading it via ebook, I did have some difficulty navigating between the glossary at the end of the book and the poems (as there are many Somali words included in the poems).
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, and Death
kirstym25's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death, Grief, Cancer, and War
stardustdreamer's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Cancer, Alcoholism, Rape, and Pregnancy
melio22's review
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Death, Sexual violence, and Eating disorder
blue_is_at_sea's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Death
inamerata's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and War
Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Suicide
megan_bbender's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed going through these poems. Every single one of them was thought-provoking. My personal favourite out of the poems in this book is Midnight In The Foreign Food Aisle. It is obvious that Warsan Shire writes from the heart.
Many of these poems were so deep and held so much meaning that I didn't even have thoughts about them, I just sat with them after reading them.
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death, and War
Moderate: Grief, Deportation, and Slavery
Minor: Cursing
venetiana's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Blood, Racism, Murder, Eating disorder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cancer, Abortion, War, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Child abuse, and Abandonment
sharonus's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Violence, and War
Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt