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darbo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
What a beautiful feminist poetry collection. I loved every moment of it, and I'll just say that I've rarely highlighted and annotated this much in a book before. Simply stunning, super empowering, and truly amazing. I can't wait to own 'Milk and Honey' and read more of Rupi Kaur's poems.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence
lectrixnoctis's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Rupi Kaur is an Indian-Canadiens bestseller novelist and illustrator best known for her two poetry collections "milk and honey" plus "the sun and her flowers". While Kaur was at the University of Waterloo, she started working on her first poetry collecting.
This poetry collection is about grief, self-abandonment, honouring one's roots, love and empowering oneself. It is split into five chapters:
- wilting
- falling
- rooting
- rising
- blooming
-wilting-
It is astonishing that although it is the same motif as in "milk and honey", these poems about grief/loss about a needed relationship are more developed. I immensely enjoyed reading this chapter, and it felt a bit more polished and not as raw, which I like.
-falling-
The theme of this chapter goes darker and darker on every page, although there are a few light poems about self-love. We mostly read about sexual assault as a child and an adult and what consent is, and how to use it.
-rooting-
Like, the title already says it is all about someone's roots and their homeland. It is tough to leave home and start your life in a foreign country, especially when you cannot speak the official language. Furthermore, the poems are also explaining motherhood as something beautiful yet challenging job.
-rising-
This time the chapter is about love, the real kind. The one you want to find and want to hold onto. These poems seem rather lovely compared to her first poetry collection. The author did a fantastic job!
-blooming-
This is the final part of this gathering, and the central theme is uplifting the reader and predominantly female readers. It was a great ending to the collection since it ended on a light note.
Overall, this collection has pleasantly surprised me after reading the first one. "The sun and her flowers" is much more throughout and developed. I would recommend this book, especially for readers at 18 and up, since I think these poems hit deeper if you are not a teenager anymore. Still, I was not too fond of Kaur's use of dots and no other punctuation.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
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