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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.
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
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
i enjoyed this collection of poems from asghar, a reflective and sometimes dark meditation on the partition and being pakistani, muslim, an immigrant, and an orphan, an amalgamation of identities that each poses its own set of challenges.
i particularly like the depiction of the struggles of being brown and muslim in america, and the double standards of religion and the patriarchy, w/ many lines being quite succinct yet ring true and striking. the casual infusion of violence into poems on the partition also drives home the ubiquity of it during the period.
i particularly like the depiction of the struggles of being brown and muslim in america, and the double standards of religion and the patriarchy, w/ many lines being quite succinct yet ring true and striking. the casual infusion of violence into poems on the partition also drives home the ubiquity of it during the period.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
kirkspockreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence
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