Reviews tagging 'War'

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

11 reviews

potion96's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, War, Xenophobia, Ableism, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

veereads11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Sexism, and Sexual assault

doomluz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Rape

clemrain's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

1.5

This poetry collection reads like an edgy, unfiltered notes app. It’s more lyrical than poetic. I think many of the poems needed more revision, and a more cohesive story needed to draw them all together.

The themes and lines are full of shock factor. What isn’t shock factor, is cliche and surface level connections to religion. Using the two most simple prayers and phrases of Islam is not adding more to the conversation. I think it needs more complexity to be a strong voice on the topic.

The poem structures are simple. i was hoping to see more command of language and style.

I wanted to like it more, but I had no strong positive feelings toward it. No connection, and it’s not because I’m not familiar with what’s being written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: War

sidofherran's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, and War

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Death, Incest, and Physical abuse

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Torture

Minor: Death, Terminal illness, Cancer, Alcohol, and Blood

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Murder, and Cancer

Minor: Grief, Infidelity, War, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Racism

arianaybarra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, and War