dejeunee 's review for:

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

4.0

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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The only word I can think of to describe my experience with this book is visceral. These poems are so violent but also beautiful? At times I felt like I'd been punched in the gut but then it was followed up by a tender moment shared between women in the book and I just thought, wow how relevant this is to some of my own experiences as a woman. Another sort of contradicting thought I had about this was that this collection of poetry is very specific, but the emotions it evoked in me felt universal. 

I cannot wait to read more from Warsan Shire.