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Home Body by Rupi Kaur

10 reviews

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

naomi_k's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Rape, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Infidelity

lacey_wi's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

c45p1n's review

reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Xenophobia and Grief

Minor: Gaslighting, Violence, and Toxic friendship

allthat_jazz's review

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

3.5

Home Body is the third poetry book by Rupi Kaur. Divided into four parts: mind, heart, rest and awake. Rupi take us on a journey of how one can feel disconnected from themselves personally and being the journey back to one's self. This was the first book i tried the "tabbing" technique on and i may have went a little bit overboard lol. There were many poems that i personally resonated with, especially in the "heart" section of the book. Rupi definitely lets her pen flow when it comes to gender and racial equality. Her poems embody the definition of femininity and what it means to be a woman of color in America. As far as cons for this book there were times that i felt like the poems didn't flow cohesively, but i personally think that was done on purpose seeing that the theme of the poetry book was feeling disconnected and then taking the journey to become whole again. Some poems can also be very triggering because of the mentions of the triggers/content warnings above. Shout out to Rupi's therapist because i know they having a field day with her sessions because whew chile....THE TRAUMA!!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexism

kendrabetweenthelines's review

reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Xenophobia, and Violence

words_and_coffee's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

Poetry is a personal thing and like with 'milk and honey' the poems in 'home body' were a bit hit or miss for me, it often a bit more simplistic than I tend to gravitate towards sometimes feeling a bit shallow.
While I do really like how accessible Rupi's work is and I love how she incorporates illustrations, I don't think I'll read her work going forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexism

baka's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

I didn't like most of her old books but this one shows how much she's grown, how she's become more confident and daring. I personally enjoyed the first part of the book which went into kind of gruesome detail about her abuse and depression.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Minor: Transphobia and Emotional abuse

herk's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Misogyny