lady_bountiful's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Child abuse
kirstym25's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death, Grief, Cancer, and War
faduma's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Classism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Colonisation, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma
rosalind's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Grief, Violence, Torture, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content
Minor: Incest, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism
inamerata's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, and War
Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Suicide
megan_bbender's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed going through these poems. Every single one of them was thought-provoking. My personal favourite out of the poems in this book is Midnight In The Foreign Food Aisle. It is obvious that Warsan Shire writes from the heart.
Many of these poems were so deep and held so much meaning that I didn't even have thoughts about them, I just sat with them after reading them.
Graphic: Rape, Blood, Death, and War
Moderate: Grief, Deportation, and Slavery
Minor: Cursing
venetiana's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Blood, Racism, Murder, Eating disorder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cancer, Abortion, War, Child death, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Child abuse, and Abandonment
sharonus's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Violence, and War
Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
annemaries_shelves's review against another edition
4.5
I loved how she tackled the themes of girlhood and womanhood, experiences of being a refugee and immigrant, grief, trauma, celebrations of life, death, family, and more. Each of the four sections offered something unique to the stories she was telling.
There are some really heavy subjects/topics and references in this collection, so be aware.
CW: FGM and gender violence, child abuse and death, rape, death, eating disorders, famine, war and racism, and others.
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexism, War, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Child death
lotte111's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, and War