Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

6 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

valyn_grebe's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Islamophobia, Genocide, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Rape

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

brookey8888's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed like all of these poems. I mean some of them I feel weren’t a poem but I’m not a poet so. Some of them I couldn’t relate to so they weren’t that impactful, but the ones I could I really enjoyed/felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

bethsbookshelf's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship