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A review by bookish_burrow
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Poetry is always a very difficult thing to rate especially since some poems and collections just might not resonate. Sadly, I found I did not resonate with this collection as much as I had resonated with Kaur’s previous work.
This collection did not have as cohesive of a flow as her previous works did and so I struggled to read the collection as topics would bounce and did not seem to flow with the chapter titled themes. There were some more of the phrases found within the collection which is popular within modern poetry. While there were full length poems in this collection I was a little bummed to see so many phrase poems. This being said, there were poems I resonated with and found very beautiful.
Do be aware that Kaur discusses many sensitive topics in this collection that may be triggering. I had to skip a few poems and put down the collection multiple times as they were too difficult and triggering for me to read.
This collection did not have as cohesive of a flow as her previous works did and so I struggled to read the collection as topics would bounce and did not seem to flow with the chapter titled themes. There were some more of the phrases found within the collection which is popular within modern poetry. While there were full length poems in this collection I was a little bummed to see so many phrase poems. This being said, there were poems I resonated with and found very beautiful.
Do be aware that Kaur discusses many sensitive topics in this collection that may be triggering. I had to skip a few poems and put down the collection multiple times as they were too difficult and triggering for me to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness and Racism
Minor: Toxic relationship