Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Róisín

5 reviews

robinks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

I’ve been following this poet on IG for a while, and her powerful voice comes through in this collection as well. I also really loved the formatting, art, and color scheme of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Deportation, Murder, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Grief, War, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Sexual content

ferns_citruscorner_8's review

informative fast-paced

2.5

I loved the rawness of the poetry and found myself relating to a lot of it. It’s sad and reflective and leaves one feeling more in touch with their pain, be it physical or emotional. I liked the rhythm and the fluidity of some poems in this collection, but failed to grasp a liking to most of it because of this perpetual style. With some of the poetry I personally wish the poet had built a more structural form  to them. I struggle with modern poetry because of its simplicity in form and word choice, but can grow accustomed- and well acquainted to it with certain works. This poet has a deeper, more complex meaning to bring forth to younger generations and has certainly made a mark in my personal (albeit mental) library! 
I do recommend it to people who like to explore modern poetry, but don't suggest this particular work to people who struggle/suffer with certain sexual and/or traumatic elements. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

codexqueen's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

A few gems scattered throughout, and some nice prose accompanied by beautiful illustrations. I appreciated the heavy emotions in the descriptions of the author’s multifaceted traumas and frustrations. 
My only griefs are that a lot of the selections the further I read became repetitive and a little too reminiscent of the sort of “shower thoughts” or “Instagram poetry” of contemporary writing (that’s not necessarily a bad thing, just not my thing personally). In retrospect, I think that this book might be better for some if read in short bursts or non consecutively.
Overall, this was a pretty average read, not bad by any means but I feel that the author is capable of better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Islamophobia

natgoe's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Islamophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Body shaming, Rape, Cursing, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

losethegirl's review

emotional reflective sad

4.5

I really liked this book. It gave me a lot more insight into experiences that weren't mine, and the poetry in it was genuinely beautiful. There were some poems I couldn't connect with, which I think was more my own fault than the fault of the author. Be sure to look at content warnings before you read this book, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Islamophobia, War, and Xenophobia