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Home Body by Rupi Kaur

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squeeshbooks's review

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4.25

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isobelflindall's review

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3.0

this was a christmas gift, and I honestly didn’t love it, but I think it did what I expected it to do - if I’d read it in high school when I was more into this style, and still needed to hear some of the things that come up throughout the collection, I probably would’ve enjoyed it! 
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literarywhore's review

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4.0

once again kaur continues to amaze me with the sheer ability that she so transparently possesses in her writing. truly a work of art.
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emersonrosegiella16's review against another edition

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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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gotravelynne's review against another edition

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3.5

I enjoyed many of her poems, but constantly coming back to themes of rape made it hard to read - it can definitely be triggering. Whereas the other poems make me feel relaxed and heard.
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vix4637's review

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3.5

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themeanfrench's review against another edition

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2.75

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theinkedpath's review against another edition

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3.5

ES:

Me encanta Rupi Kaur, es mi poetisa favorita. Por eso, cuando me enteré de que tenía una nueva edición de su último libro "Home body" no lo dudé y me lancé.
Creo que la autora lidia con temas complejos como los abusos y la violencia sobre la mujer, la inmigración y el cariño a una misma. En este caso, a esta lista de temas se une la salud mental y la depresión (que la autora pasó previamente a escribir el libro). De hecho, hay unos pocos de los poemas que hablan de cómo la vorágine editorial la afectó a ella y a su trabajo creativo.

A pesar del trabajo creativo de la autora, y de la cantidad de poemas que marqué, sin embargo se me ha quedado corto. Creo que este poemario tenía mucho potencial y su complejidad daba pie a poemas más largos y abstractos...y sin embargo, propulaban textos más cortos que, al menos a mí, no me han llegado tanto.
¿Me ha gustado? Sí. ¿Esperaba más? También. Rupi es capaz de entenderme, pero en este caso mi libro era más largo y complejo que el espejo que ella me ha dado para reflejarme. ¿La leeré más? Siempre.

EN:

This is a strange book to review because Rupi Kaur is my favorite poet and I was very, very excited for this book.
In "Home body" Kaur explores some of her usual topics such as violences against women, inmigración and self-love, but she explores mental health a bit more, especially how it has affect her personally in her creative process, which includes also the very fast publishing industry.
I love how she creates poetry around this topics and I have marked quite a few poems. However, despite all of this I had the feeling that this poetry collection was missing something. It felt short. The complexity of its topics called in my opinion for longer, more complex poems, and yet, this time around Kaur those to write extremely short works (in some cases one or two lines poems). Which, in my opinion is a pity. 
I do Belice she touched my heart more with "The sun and her flowers", but I enjoyed this collection, but I think that this happened because normally Kaur´s words reflects how I feel... and maybe this time my internal world was too chaotic. I was definitely looking for more abstract, methaforical pieces...but some of this works also resonated with me. 

I do believe I was expecting more of the collection than what it delivered. However, I liked this collection and I will continue reading what Rupi writes
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lucinerico's review

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5.0

Thank you, I begin to heal now
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hanpowis's review against another edition

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2.0

this was a really brave collection to publish in the sense of it being so personal and open about Kaur’s traumas. I don’t think i’m the audience for something like this as unfortunately i found it very repetitive. it was a quick and easy read and it did what it was meant to do - no one goes into a Rupi Kaur book without knowing the kind of poetry she does, which for those who love that style, is brilliant, but it’s not for me. I found some of the pieces incredibly relatable and i really liked the promotion of intersectional feminism throughout the book in such an accessible way. For those wanting super easy and accessible meanderings on life and womanhood this is for you!
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