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

6 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

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

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

sharonus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

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.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and War