A review by robiok
Home Body by Rupi Kaur

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75


Mind: this section felt an overly semplification, maybe better a distillation, of Kaur’s usual style...and seeing the subject matter the stylistic choice makes sense. The matter is brutal and dark and its darkness and rawness are better reflected in a style that simply does not have the time or the energy to be beautiful. It’s about substance and about recognizing that there are things that cannot and should not be made beautiful. They are horrors and as such we should know them and talk of them. 

Heart: as usual the part of the collection that focuses on romantic and erotic love is where i struggle to connect with Kaur. No fault of the author or flaw of the work per se, im just completely disinterested in and disconnecred from the topic.

Rest: I enjoyed this section very much, especially in the reflection on the ‘hustle’ of life, the obsession with productivity and capitalism/environmentalism. The best pieces though for me will always be the ones about her identity as immigrant ans daughter of immigrant. The piece on Kaur’s father ‘a life on the road’ was stunning and emotional.

Awake: the more political part of the collection alternates empowerment hymns and straight out statement such as ‘im not interested in a feminism that exclude trans women’. It’s a collection of pieces that form a statement on the political ans ideological affiliation of Rupi Kaur, which i think overlaps intersectional feminism to a T. I appreciated it even when it’s not the strongest moment of the collection, lyricslly speaking. 
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