Reviews tagging 'Rape'

If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

10 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

A powerful, reflective collection with stunning cover art. Strong poems and playful formats. 

Favorites included:
-Partition (esp. the first one)
-When the Orders Came
-From
-Microaggression Bingo
-If They Come For Us

"I think I believe in freedom, I just don't know where it is."
-How We Left: Film Treatment

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Racism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Violence, and War

wellgonomorearoving's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Genocide, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape

september128's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Death of parent

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful and powerful. I didn't know much about the Partition of Pakistan and India. Asghar mentions it and how it still affects people. They also talk about their sexuality and gender. Also about being an immigrant, Muslim, and the Islamophobia after 9/11.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Colonisation, Death, War, Bullying, Body shaming, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, War, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Violence

mandkips's review against another edition

challenging emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, and Rape

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Islamophobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and War

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Death, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, War, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

jbabbm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Very good poetry, but it didn't resonate with me a lot 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

outcrye's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Islamophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Misogyny