Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Homie by Danez Smith

17 reviews

deyonce54's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Suicide

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

"& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me"

Homie is a declaration of enduring and joyous love. Smith's deep compassion for their friends is a uniting theme in this structurally playful collection. Smith weaves their own identity as a Black, poz, queer, and nonbinary person through poems that capture how loving & living can be frustrating and beautiful at the same time.
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This was my second read for #transrightsreadathon 2024.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

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.

eldritch_horror's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt bad rating this book a 3.75 at first so I changed it to a 4.0. It doesn't resonate with me as much as BLACK MOVIE did by this same author, and while they do an incredible job at writing most of this comes from my own relationship with poetry. However, I would still tell people to read this book and give it a chance, it's a book I feel a lot of people still should take the time to read even if they don't like it themselves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence and Classism

fieldofhats's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This was not an easy book to finish. It’s less than 100 pages, but it is extremely heavy. Danez Smith is a master poet who knows how to weave humor and dark topics together beautifully, but the heaviness often outweighs the humor in this one. This collection is poignant and relevant, but not wholly enjoyable. That’s not to say this is a bad collection by any means whatsoever — it was just hard to get through. Be thoroughly aware of the trigger warnings for this book before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Classism

mistercrow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, and Police brutality

astralfeline's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Violence, Excrement, and Outing

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

brittney_reads's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Listen to the audiobook, as it is read by the author. They did a phenomenal job; very moving pieces 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness