Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Home Body: Mé tělo, můj chrám by Rupi Kaur

16 reviews

cherrygray's review against another edition

reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Xenophobia and Grief

Minor: Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

allthat_jazz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.5

Home Body is the third poetry book by Rupi Kaur. Divided into four parts: mind, heart, rest and awake. Rupi take us on a journey of how one can feel disconnected from themselves personally and being the journey back to one's self. This was the first book i tried the "tabbing" technique on and i may have went a little bit overboard lol. There were many poems that i personally resonated with, especially in the "heart" section of the book. Rupi definitely lets her pen flow when it comes to gender and racial equality. Her poems embody the definition of femininity and what it means to be a woman of color in America. As far as cons for this book there were times that i felt like the poems didn't flow cohesively, but i personally think that was done on purpose seeing that the theme of the poetry book was feeling disconnected and then taking the journey to become whole again. Some poems can also be very triggering because of the mentions of the triggers/content warnings above. Shout out to Rupi's therapist because i know they having a field day with her sessions because whew chile....THE TRAUMA!!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia

kendrabetweenthelines's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Xenophobia

words_and_coffee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

Poetry is a personal thing and like with 'milk and honey' the poems in 'home body' were a bit hit or miss for me, it often a bit more simplistic than I tend to gravitate towards sometimes feeling a bit shallow.
While I do really like how accessible Rupi's work is and I love how she incorporates illustrations, I don't think I'll read her work going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexism

baka's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

I didn't like most of her old books but this one shows how much she's grown, how she's become more confident and daring. I personally enjoyed the first part of the book which went into kind of gruesome detail about her abuse and depression.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse and Transphobia

herk's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship