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catandherbooks's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
Poetry is still not my thing but I loved The Death of Vivek Oji and You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty so I wanted to read more of Emezi's body of work. Underlined more passages than I expected, didn't always understand or felt able to connect the writing (it's not them, it's me) but it felt raw and tender and oftentimes stunning.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Self harm
hngisreading's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
thatenbyisisreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
This book, especially the poem, "I was born in a great length of river", helped remind me that despite all of my trauma, I will never know what it's like to drown. Akwaeke Emezi is truly such an inspiring and powerful author, I highly recommend everyone to read their work!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
emabelle's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault
caidyn's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
4.5
Poetry isn't a favorite of mine, but the second I heard Emezi wrote one I had to buy it. There were poems in this that gave me such chills. It's a beautiful followup to their memoir. Highly recommend this short collection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt
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