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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
3 reviews
michaelion's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
2.25
I like poems that rhyme so this one just wasn't for me :/ There's a few good moments but it didn't really feel artistic. That doesn't take away from the art though, it just feels more like she had all these heavy things on her mind weighing her down that she just had to get out there and maybe she'd feel lighter after. FIVE stars for the art FIVE stars for the title.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Racism, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Abortion
theliteraryteapot's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Warsan Shire you have such a wonderful way with words.
Very sharp. Some beautiful metaphors (the moon and anything space-related always get me). Tearing the reader's heart apart.
Very sharp. Some beautiful metaphors (the moon and anything space-related always get me). Tearing the reader's heart apart.
Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and War
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Alcohol
czidya's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
3.5
This collection was a mixed bag, but where it was good it was outstanding. Shire's writing is richly symbolic as it deals with challenging topics like abuse, misogyny, and the experiences of refugees. At times I found the imagery so dense it was impenetrable- unfortunately many of the poems left no impression on me at all because I couldn't really make sense of the verbal collage. However, Shire gets the balance right more often than not, creating lush emotional poems that share a fraught but profound relationship with God and religion, as the collection's title suggests.
My favorites of the collection:
My favorites of the collection:
- Filial Cannibalism
- Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle
- Bless the Camels
- Hooyo Full of Grace
- Joyride
- Backwards
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death and War
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