Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Homie by Danez Smith

5 reviews

page_nothankyou's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Mental illness

racial slurs are used to de-stigmatize and to reclaim.

lilawsahar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Buy it! Read it! If you’re white, use it to develop some empathy! I’m white and my heart grew ten times the size. Off to go buy their other poetry collectives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Police brutality, and Classism

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

I saw Danez Smith perform at my college a couple years ago, a set that included some of these poems, so I think that's at least part of why I can hear these poems while reading! They have such an imaginative and even playful conversational tone while also exploring with such care and thoughtfulness very emotional issues. I just really love their poetic style and this collection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia and Mental illness

mxpringle's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Police brutality

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

lcyarnall1's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief