Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

14 reviews

garlicgrl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Miscarriage

crystalisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

5.0

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head is beautifully raw and unflinching poetry. Absolutely haunting, and so gorgeous, especially as an audio book read by the author. War. Displacement. Violence. Life as a refugee. Loss after loss, and the resulting pain and addiction and trauma and abuse, the fracturing of family and relationships. The lyrical beauty of the poetry does not diminish its emotional potency.  There were scenes the author described that I couldn't get out of my head, and I had to read something else before I could fall asleep that night. Highly recommended, just take care to check the content warnings, because wow, there's a lot. 

Thank you to Random House and  #NetGalley for a chance to read an advance digital copy of the gorgeous #BlesstheDaughterRaisedbyaVoiceinHerHead 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

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.

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Content Warnings

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

_chaoticbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

this is an evocative, emotional, and at times hard to read collection of poems talking about the experiences of young Black women, refugees borne from war, and a blend of both. layered over all of this is Shire’s tie to her homeland of Somalia and the complex feelings surrounded being forced from home and also slight relief of being in a less patriarchal society.

it’s short, it’s beautiful, it’s worth your time - the themes are relatable to all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

this is an evocative, emotional, and at times hard to read collection of poems talking about the experiences of young, black women; refugees borne from war; and a blend of both. layered over all of this is Shire’s tie to her homeland of Somalia and the complex feelings surrounded being forced from home and also being grateful at the chance for a better, less oppressive life. it’s short, it’s beautiful, it’s worth your time - the themes are relatable to all.

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.75

I would read other reviews because I didn’t fully understand or follow some of the poems so I will reread another time at a better head space. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War

litletters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

jaiari12's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy

rosalind's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Incest, and Pregnancy

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Deportation