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A review by bookgirllife
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
First read of the new year and it's a good one! Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head packs a punch. Shire’s debut collection is nothing short of moving and transformative from the first poem, the first stanza even. I powered through this collection in half a day and spent the rest of it thinking about it over and over again.
Shire writes with an elegance that allows her beautiful use of language and intricate symbolism to remian accessible, which I believe makes this collection all the more impactful. This book left me in deep contemplation, feeling my emotional reaction to it in my body. You know it’s well written when it evokes a physical response.
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head tackles themes of girlhood evolving into womanhood, the layered relationship between mothers and daughters, how war bleeds into every aspect of a refugee life, and how vibrant those lives can be in spite of that. These themes jump off the page at the reader, trust me. I have tabbed my entire copy.
I have already come back to this collection throughout the past month to re-read different poems, and I’m sure I’ll continue to do so while eagerly waiting for whatever Warsan Shire writes next. She is definitely one to look out for.
Shire writes with an elegance that allows her beautiful use of language and intricate symbolism to remian accessible, which I believe makes this collection all the more impactful. This book left me in deep contemplation, feeling my emotional reaction to it in my body. You know it’s well written when it evokes a physical response.
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in her Head tackles themes of girlhood evolving into womanhood, the layered relationship between mothers and daughters, how war bleeds into every aspect of a refugee life, and how vibrant those lives can be in spite of that. These themes jump off the page at the reader, trust me. I have tabbed my entire copy.
I have already come back to this collection throughout the past month to re-read different poems, and I’m sure I’ll continue to do so while eagerly waiting for whatever Warsan Shire writes next. She is definitely one to look out for.