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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
14 reviews
czidya's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
3.5
This collection was a mixed bag, but where it was good it was outstanding. Shire's writing is richly symbolic as it deals with challenging topics like abuse, misogyny, and the experiences of refugees. At times I found the imagery so dense it was impenetrable- unfortunately many of the poems left no impression on me at all because I couldn't really make sense of the verbal collage. However, Shire gets the balance right more often than not, creating lush emotional poems that share a fraught but profound relationship with God and religion, as the collection's title suggests.
My favorites of the collection:
My favorites of the collection:
- Filial Cannibalism
- Midnight in the Foreign Food Aisle
- Bless the Camels
- Hooyo Full of Grace
- Joyride
- Backwards
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death and War
annemaries_shelves's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
As a whole, it’s a 4.5 star collection with some outstanding 5+ star poems.
I loved how she tackled the themes of girlhood and womanhood, experiences of being a refugee and immigrant, grief, trauma, celebrations of life, death, family, and more. Each of the four sections offered something unique to the stories she was telling.
There are some really heavy subjects/topics and references in this collection, so be aware.
CW: FGM and gender violence, child abuse and death, rape, death, eating disorders, famine, war and racism, and others.
I loved how she tackled the themes of girlhood and womanhood, experiences of being a refugee and immigrant, grief, trauma, celebrations of life, death, family, and more. Each of the four sections offered something unique to the stories she was telling.
There are some really heavy subjects/topics and references in this collection, so be aware.
CW: FGM and gender violence, child abuse and death, rape, death, eating disorders, famine, war and racism, and others.
Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and War
booksandteatime's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Islamophobia, Grief, Colonisation, and War
cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia
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