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Homie by Danez Smith

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liaer's review against another edition

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4.0

This is my first dabble in poetry. I really liked it overall. They're were some passages that I am still thinking about, but there were also other that I found really confusing and couldn't understand even the most surface level reading. Maybe I'm just not accustomed to reading poetry and that's why I didn't get it. But it definitely changed my experience of the book overall.

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noura's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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winter_b's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad

Another beautiful collection by Danez Smith reflecting on love, loss, friendship and (chosen) family.

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mcmontgomery's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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the_readingraven's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I think many people should read this very touching piece of literature. Danez writes in such an honest, loving, raw type of way. This collection of poetry is for his friends and those he holds dear. If you are queer and Black, I highly recommend it. Even though I am not the target audience for this collection, many of these pieces come from the Black experience, I still love it and care for it all the same.

Along with the deep meaning, I loved the creativity that came with the formatting of several of these poems. It's not only a literary sense you're gathering but a visual one as well. My favorite line is from 'Acknowledgments': “& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have I loved a thing because you loved it? including me.”

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meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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savvylit's review against another edition

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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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yinflower's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

5.0

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eldritch_horror's review against another edition

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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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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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