Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Poor by Caleb Femi

8 reviews

amgarrido's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Classism

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

fionag's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I’m finding it hard to find words for this collection. This is the first poetry collection I’ve ever read in full, and the first time in a long time I’ve read poetry not to study it. Femi’s Poor really gave me a taste of London and ‘the endz’ and what it means to the people whose lives revolve around it. I loved the addition of photography, which was so beautiful and vulnerable, and the likening to religious imagery too. These poems are about real life and while I’ve lived a very different life from the author, they still hit me hard, and the imagery was visceral. I have so many lines from these poems on my phone now because they’re absolutely gorgeous- I got serious Caleb Azumah Nelson vibes just by how stunning the language and imagery is. Talks of Grenfell and Mark Duggan broke my heart. For me, I definitely felt that the first half of the collection was a bit stronger than the second, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. I’d love to see what else Femi writes!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Police brutality

carmel_starr_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Murder

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

I'm not gonna rate this one, because I'm still too new to poetry to fully appreciate this one so my rating would be lower than it deserves.

There were some that I really enjoyed, and some that went a little over my head. These are a few of the former: thirteen, Schrodingers black, survivors guilt, concrete (3), and excerpts from journal entries 2017

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, and Classism

sachimi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Police brutality

beca_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

a powerful collection of poetry, about growing up black and British. It talks about culture and police brutality, racism and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

thevampiremars's review

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Poor is a good collection of poems. Some of my favourites include Barter, Ingredients & Properties of Concrete, Concrete (III), The Moon Gave no Name to Tides, and A Designer Talks of a Home / A Resident Talks of Home (II).

I felt the photos didn’t really add much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

freyreads's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality