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These Are the Words, by Nikita Gill

3 reviews

marthabethanreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.0

It took me a while to finish this because I was dipping in and out, but the poems are beautiful, emotional, and poignant. Nikita Gill always writes from the heart and that seems especially true of this collection, with some very personal, moving poems. I feel like every reader will find at least one poem that resonates with them in this book; two that were particularly stand outs for me were Soulmates and Us. Gill treats every topic she writes about with care and empathy, and I love the way she speaks to girls and women, looking to empower everyone that reads her work.
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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I'm still waiting on the day where Nikita Gill produces something less than amazing. I could read her poetry all day, every day. These are the words had tears in my eyes by the end - I never felt more seen than when I read Gill's collections! The stories of friendship and sisterhood were just so beautiful, but also examining toxic families and learning to love yourself, learning that you don't have to be strong all the time or fall into the trap of toxic positivity. I just love this collection with my whole heart.

TWs: anxiety, depression, ref to rape, ref to sexual harassment, homophobia, biphobia, racism, misogyny, trauma, grief
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