Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

65 reviews

sandramarinis's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

The poetry was good, as excepted from Rupi Kaur. I didn't expect to be slapped in the face with so much sadness though. I appreciate the author's raw and personal poems about traumatic experiences, but I just wasn't prepared for something that sad, after reading her two other books. Still a nice read. Some poems were absolutely excellent and others were just okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

 Home Body is divided into four sections and explores themes like- depression and anxiety, romantic relationships, the problem with productivity, racism, sexism, misogyny, inclusive feminism, self-love and female friendships. I find Kaur’s poetry to be very accessible and this volume was no exception. Many of the poems were extremely short and some felt like fragments or motivational messages. I was able to listen to this on audio while reading the ebook, which is a great way to experience poetry. Seeing the words and hearing them simultaneously seems to increase their power. In this case the different formats had different strengths. The e book let me enjoy the formatting and Kaur’s quick sketches, while the audio, narrated by Kaur, included some bonus poems as well as a foreword by the poet which provided valuable context but which wasn’t included in the ebook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Rape

absolutely_court's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

julierambaeck's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

 Love Rupi! This was a quite challenging read, with lots of triggers - but I really enjoyed it, and could relate to some of the poems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Racism, and Toxic friendship

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful

1.0

Oh boy, this was not good. My curiosity got the better of me, though, and the audiobook is an hour long. 

Most of these "poems" were cringeworthy, to me. Very few read as poems, at least via audio - they feel more like bits of memoir and I think I would have been more interested if some of them had been fleshed out as essays instead of needlessly stylized (e.g. the one about her dad as a truck driver). Many of the more political/social-justicey ones just read like out-of-context buzzwordy instagram captions strung together, and I really was not compelled to believe their genuineness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness

emoryscott's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Classism, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Abortion, Sexual content, Cursing, Racism, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Rape, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Mental illness, and Homophobia

charhollyx's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective

I don’t think it is up to the reader to rate poet’s work, as it’s a reflection of their soul and their experiences.
But I felt empowered with the last section of this book and the first part really moved me.
Her work is always a nice comfort read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual violence

hereforthefunofit's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

2.0

 1. "I am not interested in a feminism that excludes trans women" is not a poem and should not be included in a poem collection. There are many examples of one liners that could have been compiled into a touching poem if style and technique were properly used. Sad to see that that wasn't the case. Thank you for telling me racism is bad and exclusionary feminism is bad, but I know that already. Do something with your thoughts...your words.
2. A few gems here and there but hardly mediocre most of the time. Most of the gems are just things I related and were therefore partial to, but most weren't great.
3. Something about the tag at the bottom that names what was better left unamed really irks me.
4. Some of the more feminist leaning 'poems' remind me of things I would repost/retweet when I was 14 and there's nothing wrong with that I guess. Everything she's saying is right. I just find it a little corny now that I'm older. We don't need the word play or metaphoric insults; we can talk about injustice upfront. Therefore, I just don't they have much place here...it sounds like an Instagram caption and it cheapens the cause imo.
5. It is quite similar in theme and style to one of her previous collections, that I read and enjoyed marginally more, Milk & Honey. This one is not as good and very repetitive.
6. I did like the separation of mind and body and it being a running theme in the first chapter. However, the mention of that distinction and how it affects people doesn't really come up after that which is disappointing... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Mental illness

skyfluff8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, War, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Violence

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I think I will always come back to this book. I loved the poetry and can see myself finding new parts of my life in it with every look through. 
It’s just simply beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Mental illness