Reviews tagging 'Grief'

El Sol Y Sus Flores by Rupi Kaur

27 reviews

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Child death, Grief, Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Self harm

sibear24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Grief, and Infertility

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.0

Consent
Self worth 

Identity 

Grief 

War and immigration 

Body 

Abortion/ infanticide 

History and freedom

Empowerment and love
All of these themes were present in this book. All vital. All emotive. All moving. 

Split into chapters aptly named. Wilting. Fallling. Rooting. Rising. And blooming.  Like the life cycle of a flower its pages grow through life’s experiences. 

Kaur just has a way with words that stimulate the brain and this was another great collection from her.  Already leaving me yearning for more ready to delve into the third collection named home body. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, War, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Colonisation, Grief, and Sexual assault

zoesdigitalw0rld's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Grief, Rape, and Child death

blueyogi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexism, Colonisation, Violence, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Colonisation, Cancer, Dysphoria, Blood, Mental illness, Abortion, and Infidelity

cartermon4's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Grief, and Colonisation

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

There were some poems that I really enjoyed reading, there is something comforting within the depressing poems.  There were a few that I didn’t care for but the poems seemed blunt and to the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Rape, Grief, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Racism, Violence, and Hate crime

jctur2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

lulusreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

“i am the first woman in my lineage with freedom of choice. to craft her future whichever way i choose. say what is on my mind when i want to. without the whip of the lash. there are hundreds of firsts i am thankful for. that my mother and her mother and her mother did not have the privilege of feeling. what an honor”

I felt so seen from Rupi’s collection to her mother. 

The book as a whole had lots of honest & relatable lines from a broken soul to true love to family to finding self confidence. Let the sunshine on your flowers 🌻 

the only thing I don’t like from modern poetry or at least this author is when one sentence that isn’t that profound takes up a whole page “the road to changing the world is never-ending” doesn’t need an entire blank page. Some of the pages didn’t even have a cute drawing to makeup for the lack of content 😕

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Sexism, Classism, Body shaming, and Xenophobia

lizacorn's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism and Child death

Minor: Pregnancy and Grief