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The Sun and Her Flowers. Il sole e i suoi fiori

Rupi Kaur

3.86 AVERAGE

abi_24's review against another edition

4.0

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Este poemario es muy muy bonito, pero no por el hecho de tener un lenguaje rimbombante y llamativo, si no por el motivo contrario. A través de un lenguaje simple se llega a emociones muy poderosas a partir de las vivencias que relata Rupi Kaur con su prosa poética. Toca temas como la madurez, depresión, el amor, la humanidad, el abandono de las raíces, migración, violencia de género, reconciliación, empoderamiento y otros temas.

En lo personal quedé muy tocada con los relatos donde la autora hablaba de su familia, las diferencias generacionales entre ella y su madre y otros poemas con los que me sentí muy acompañada por vivencias personales.

Aunque este estilo de poesía no me termina de convencer, logré ignorar esa incomodidad con algunos de los relatos más íntimos de la autora y que dejan mensajes muy claros e importantes que es necesario seguir leyendo.

aidualc_clau's review against another edition

3.5

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I think in my adult life, this my first poetry book I have read. That been said, I quite enjoyed the poems, some really touched me and made me tear up. Some were straightforward on what the author wanted to point. For me this was a solid first poetry so I'm proud to branch out of my comfort zone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief

cara_fordenbacher's review against another edition

3.5

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naerysl's review against another edition

3.0

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amapuche's review against another edition

2.0

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Unfortunately a lot of Kaur's poetry does not resonate with me. Some are quite sweet, but in most I fail so see the originality. To me they mostly seem to appeal to a lot of people because most people have experienced heartbreak at some point. But poem after poem about missing someone, I grew bored. Few of them seemed to express something original, something gripping, something illuminating about heartbreak. Quite often, I felt like I was simply reading a long sentence, chopped into the format of a poem.

jaime_d's review against another edition

4.0

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ashlugh's review against another edition

3.0

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doesn’t hit like milk & honey

nyx_knight's review against another edition

3.25

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j_jack17's review against another edition

4.0

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squidreads12's review against another edition

4.25

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I have never read Kaur’s poetry before, but I was hoping it would bring me back to that era of tumblr posts with long hashtags and simple line drawings to accompany the poetry, and it certainly gave me that. 
I really loved that Kaur did the illustrations as well, and they really added to the collection. 
I really enjoyed the disparate sections, all related to the plant life cycle.
The metaphors, the simplicity of her poems was so delicious.
If you like poetry and haven’t read this yet like I hadn’t, I certainly recommend it.