Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi

37 reviews

nenaveenstra's review against another edition

3.0

I love Akwaeke Emezi's novel writing but this poetry collection wasn't exactly my thing. The poems heavily lean on Christian imagery and violence, and the content kind of overpowered the craft. That made these poems get repetitive, too, and it got hard to stay focused. Also, I did not love the long strings of text without punctuation.

But there were some poems I really liked, especially in the beginning of this collection, like "Folding for a cruel man", "Excommunication", and "Self-portrait as a cannibal". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Religious trauma

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

4.0

Holy shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

sundayfever's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia

levisainz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

heartbreaking and beautiful. the poem “self portrait of an abuser” is a masterclass in poetry. two towers of text that mean so much alone, and then when read together create a whole new, even more powerful poem. amazing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

catsteaandabook's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

lbelow's review against another edition

emotional

4.0

I'll admit, I don't think I was the right audience for the more Christian/religious poems. However so many of the other poems moved me deeply. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Cursing, Rape, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, Violence, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

gaygeckogal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

kitschysweater's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Homophobia, and Transphobia

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Racism

dar101's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, and Transphobia