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home body by Rupi Kaur

167 reviews

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5.0

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5.0

I wanted to read this book because I’ve read a couple of Rupi’s books, and I loved each of them individually. The author has a way of getting in your brain and just mixing up your thoughts like it’s a mixing bowl.  

This collection of poetry is about embraces growth and she walks readers through a reflective and intimate journey visiting the past, the present and the potential of the self. Home Body is a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself which reminds readers to fill up on love, acceptance, community, family and embracing change. This book is beautifully illustrated by the author with themes of nature and nurture, light and dark. 

I loved everything about this book. Some poems made me smile, some poems made me stop and think, some poems made me feel seen and some poems made me want to cry. These poems are a mixture of brutal truth and compassion. The illustrations are gorgeous and add so much more to these poems. These poems cover a lot of topics that should be discussed more – child abuse, rape, genocide and feminism. This book was inspiring and took you on a journey of growth and I related to parts of this book and wanted to hug the author for the words she wrote on the pages. 

Rupi has a beautiful way to express her thoughts and feelings. I didn’t have anything to hate about this book, it was amazing, and I will cherish this book and will go back to it often.  
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5.0

Being productive is knowing when to rest

Another heartbreaking and reflective poetry book by Rupi Kaur
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3.5

Many, many poems that I could relate to in this collection. I love rupi’s way of being blunt and open yet still writing such beautiful and haunting poems. I love that poetry can connect people on such an intimate level with only a handful of words. 
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5.0

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2.0

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4.0

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4.0

why do i hurt the ones
who want to lift me up and
worship the ones who crush me
- what made me like this

being the loudest on earth's playground
doesn't make us any more important than
the dirt we crush beneath our feet
we are a people
who forget what we are made of
a people who talk about the weather
as if it's mundane and not magic
as if the oceans
are not holy water
as if the sky
is not a vision
as if the animals
are not our siblings
as if nature is not god
and rain is not god's tears
and we are not god's children
as if god is not the earth itself
i was trying to fit into a system
that left me empty
- capitalism
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4.25

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isobelflindall's review against another edition

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3.0

this was a christmas gift, and I honestly didn’t love it, but I think it did what I expected it to do - if I’d read it in high school when I was more into this style, and still needed to hear some of the things that come up throughout the collection, I probably would’ve enjoyed it! 
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