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Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

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mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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rachellen's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

1.5

I was quite excited to read this poetry collection, however after reading the majority in one night I did feel that it lacked depth. I did not return to the collection for a while, and this is not because I thought I would never finish it, but it was not something I felt eager to finish either.

I finished it today, two years later, and my thoughts are that quantity was valued here over quality, as it was a plethora of short quips. I did feel the theme and contents were reminiscent of short Twitter tweets or tumblr posts. I finished the collection under the impression that the writer was not writing from her originality, rather what she has been told about healing or trauma, what she was told is the correct way to think or what she thinks people need or hear or should hear. I suppose I expected some authentic anger somewhere. So really I felt it was all very rigid, nothing stuck out to me as particularly profound or insightful, but even so when something is profound it doesn’t have to be simple nor complicated, it’s up to interpretation.

Maybe another of the writers collections will strike me more, but these are my thoughts on Milk & Honey.

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dark fast-paced

1.5

Worst book of poetry I’ve ever read…. Some good lines but not worth the (short amount of) time. Good for black out poetry lol. Also for being so graphic about R she sure has a hard time saying vagina…

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hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

2.5

I don't really experience this book if it's sufficient enough to be good poetry, but rather how it's a stream of emotional turmoil and inner healing coming from someone's mind. The beginning (the hurting) I think benefits the most from this style, as it's processing sexual abuse in a way I think is both sad and poignant. Jumbled thoughts, kinda cringe at later points (mainly during the loving/the breaking sections), but sincere in a way that I can't hate. I think it's surface level nice, don't think I truly liked it, for how simple the poems are to breeze through and understand the feelings of.

"your art
is not about how many people
like your work
your art
is about
if your heart likes your work
if your soul likes your work
it’s about how honest
you are with yourself"

Though really, if the author gets to write genuinely from within herself, regardless of if people fully accept her art, then who am I to judge?

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