Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

8 reviews

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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An absolutely stunning collection of poetry that was haunting, devastating, and powerful. Asghar’s creativity shines in the way they experiment with formats, such as crosswords, fill-in-the-blank, and more (typically) playful concepts yet presenting such grim and upsetting material. Asghar provides the historical context which is woven into many of the poems: the Indian/Pakistani Partition, which is another example of Great Britain fucking shit up for everyone. 

I highly recommend this, and want my own physical copy now 💟

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Genocide, Sexual violence, War, Xenophobia, and Body shaming

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

A beautiful, personal poetry collection from Fatimah Asghar. The emotion and vulnerability was so present throughout, and it was a really great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Islamophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

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

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I feel bad for not rating this book 5 stars but some parts were boring af.
Nevertheless I still learned a lot about the Partition of India and all the struggles Someone had to go through. It was emotional and I now I know some more traditions and terms.
But I didn’t vibe with the poetry. It was okay but not breathtaking.
And as previously said I feel bad for rating this book because I feel like I’m rating the life of the author.
All these poems felt so personal and vulnerable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Violence, and Sexual violence

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

nonapittman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

1.0

liked in the beginning, didn’t by the end 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

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