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Todo lo que necesito existe ya en mí by Rupi Kaur

43 reviews

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

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, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

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

quinnlind's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

4.25

I’d recommend this to any woman, especially women of color, trans women, women who are immigrants, women who have been s/a

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

claranasman02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

skyfluff8's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

montyalmoro's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

booking_along's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

this was an interesting mixture of things, starting with horrifying parts, moving to sad to hopeful and changing back again. 
but it was nicely done and actually easy to understand poetry. 

i enjoyed the audiobook and that the author herself read it so that it was in all senses her own voice and story. 

i recommend it if your interested or want to try poetry out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

caitlyn_baldwin's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Misogyny and Racism

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

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

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

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