Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

59 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

courtneydindin's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Very good! Definitely a little heavier of Kaur’s books that I’ve read so far, but I liked it just as much as the other ones. I will continue to read and be amazed by Kaur’s poetry, and I hope for more books to continue being beautifully written and released to help more readers who need to hear that they are not alone. ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

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

emmoon's review

inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Cultural appropriation, and Emotional abuse

the_vegan_bookworm's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I avoided reading this book for a long time, because I thought it was overhyped. But after reading this poetry, it might be one of my favourite poetry collections. Not all of the poems are great, in my opinion, and some of the pages aren't really poems so much as statements. This being said, Rupi wrote so many things that struck a chord really strongly with me and there were large parts of this book that I couldn't help but meditate on and feel moved by. And isn't that emotional connection the sign of great poetry? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexism

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

maat_firven's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Transphobia, and Racism

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

abbyluvsfrogs444's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Such a fantastic poetry collection. Almost every page is highlighted or annotated. So many of these poems hit home. I am in love with Rupi Kaur's words. Completely in love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dysphoria, Body shaming, Classism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Rape

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