tanishahanda's reviews
5 reviews

Our Men Do Not Belong To Us by Warsan Shire

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Bakkhai by Euripides, Anne Carson

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

A little bit difficult to understand if read in one go, so read this one slowly.

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

2.0

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.5

The book is a short collection of meaningful poems. Warsan Shire writes beautifully, she addresses immigration, war, and domestic violence and rape (trigger warnings) in a super dark way, it will break and heal you in equal measure. 

My Story by Kamala Suraiyya Das, Madhavikutty

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Kamala Das's My Story takes you on a journey from her being a little child born to parents who had unhappy marriage to a 15-year old who gets married to a man older to her, bearing three sons. The reader tends to get older with her as she narrates her story laced with love affairs, religious references, her affection towards her ancenstors, discrimination and much more. She holds your hand firmly and you enjoy bits of her life in the whole book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual harassment