Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

18 reviews

seekmyants's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Racism, and Physical abuse

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

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

annoyedhumanoid's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.0

i went through a lot of sticky notes with this (in fact, i decided it was worth sacrificing another book [to a library] as i got my copy from an exchange library and wanted to mark it up). the first section—mind—hit especially hard. some things i needed to hear. not all of them were hits, of course, but i'd say more often than not they were.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Self harm, Blood, Body shaming, Genocide, and Toxic friendship

s_elsted's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Racism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Minor: Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Genocide, and Physical abuse

lapluie8's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

A lot of the poems were relatable and inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

_ellie_reading_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

mikaelarushbrook's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Physical abuse

louise_goldman's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

SO GOOD SO GOOD!!! very refreshing and evocative, and i feel like a lot of the poems are the types of things that stick with you and make you think more about how you are living. a lot of times i feel like poetry collections are just collections of various poems but the grouping and order of each particular poem created a unique flow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

lolpink's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship