Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

37 reviews

lydiavsbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I think this collection is a good one for people (like me) who are 'beginners' in reading poetry. It was just very readable (which sounds like an insult, but isn't) and effective. 

A few of my favourite poems in here were Productivity Anxiety, a Lifetime on the Road, Habit and Friendship Nostalgia.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

ibetyousmellhaha's review

emotional inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

miiickxx's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

marla_a's review

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

zarajakob's review

slow-paced

1.5

I am disappointed and either I have forgotten how to read poetry or the quality of her writing is dropping every time she gets something out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Rape

mirgenmoo's review

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

Moderate: Racism and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

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

jularcido's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved it. 

This reflective collection of poetry really soothes my heart. There is always an intimate beauty in words that remind us we are never alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

bookish_burrow's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Poetry is always a very difficult thing to rate especially since some poems and collections just might not resonate. Sadly, I found I did not resonate with this collection as much as I had resonated with Kaur’s previous work. 

This collection did not have as cohesive of a flow as her previous works did and so I struggled to read the collection as topics would bounce and did not seem to flow with the chapter titled themes. There were some more of the phrases found within the collection which is popular within modern poetry. While there were full length poems in this collection I was a little bummed to see so many phrase poems. This being said, there were poems I resonated with and found very beautiful. 

Do be aware that Kaur discusses many sensitive topics in this collection that may be triggering. I had to skip a few poems and put down the collection multiple times as they were too difficult and triggering for me to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Racism

Minor: Toxic relationship