Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

7 reviews

blueyogi's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Self harm, Islamophobia, Grief, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Racial slurs, Blood, Police brutality, Xenophobia, and Sexual violence

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful

1.0

Oh boy, this was not good. My curiosity got the better of me, though, and the audiobook is an hour long. 

Most of these "poems" were cringeworthy, to me. Very few read as poems, at least via audio - they feel more like bits of memoir and I think I would have been more interested if some of them had been fleshed out as essays instead of needlessly stylized (e.g. the one about her dad as a truck driver). Many of the more political/social-justicey ones just read like out-of-context buzzwordy instagram captions strung together, and I really was not compelled to believe their genuineness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness

maat_firven's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Transphobia, and Racism

amazelan's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs and Pregnancy

words_and_coffee's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

Poetry is a personal thing and like with 'milk and honey' the poems in 'home body' were a bit hit or miss for me, it often a bit more simplistic than I tend to gravitate towards sometimes feeling a bit shallow.
While I do really like how accessible Rupi's work is and I love how she incorporates illustrations, I don't think I'll read her work going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexism

bookedbymadeline's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Genocide

lennie_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape