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meowllyn's review against another edition
1.0
I don't even know why I read this, it was torture and I regret it wholeheartedly.
here are a few of the problems I have with this book:
1. just because
you press enter
every few words
it doesn't mean
it
is
poetry
2. I feel like I've read each of these poems in at least 5 other poetry books. isn't poetry supposed to be at least a little bit creative? I don't even mean the uncannily similar subject matter, but even the wording sometimes seems the same.
3. I hate how poetry books like this take 4-5 subjects, including rape, abuse, body image, and the like and write EXTREMELY shallow poems about them. those are all seriously painful and tragic topics, but with poems like these, I feel like the poets are just trying to sell more books by writing sentimental sob stories at surface level. seems exploitative to me.
4. Finally, this fucking poem made me want to rip out my hair:
"masturbation
is meditation"
??????
here are a few of the problems I have with this book:
1. just because
you press enter
every few words
it doesn't mean
it
is
poetry
2. I feel like I've read each of these poems in at least 5 other poetry books. isn't poetry supposed to be at least a little bit creative? I don't even mean the uncannily similar subject matter, but even the wording sometimes seems the same.
3. I hate how poetry books like this take 4-5 subjects, including rape, abuse, body image, and the like and write EXTREMELY shallow poems about them. those are all seriously painful and tragic topics, but with poems like these, I feel like the poets are just trying to sell more books by writing sentimental sob stories at surface level. seems exploitative to me.
4. Finally, this fucking poem made me want to rip out my hair:
"masturbation
is meditation"
??????
kells_'s review against another edition
3.0
I like how Rupi's writing is really raw and she puts a lot of her own personal experiences into her writing... which takes bravery and strength to do to put forth into the world.
There were poems in this book that I thoroughly enjoyed and overall this book had potential and there were many important topics covered. However, although I'm all for simplicity because it's true writing doesn't need to be complex all the time, I wasn't really impressed by the frequent very short bits. I'm talking about the like one sentence pages. The more I saw them the more of an eyeroll it lowkey became. I saw a review that said they preferred Rupi's longer form poetry and I agree because most of the longer bits were far more enjoyable than the one sentence long ones.
I think I preferred milk and honey more. It feels bad to say this because I know she puts her heart and soul into her writing but just personally I think this was lackluster. It was overall alright, I guess.
There were poems in this book that I thoroughly enjoyed and overall this book had potential and there were many important topics covered. However, although I'm all for simplicity because it's true writing doesn't need to be complex all the time, I wasn't really impressed by the frequent very short bits. I'm talking about the like one sentence pages. The more I saw them the more of an eyeroll it lowkey became. I saw a review that said they preferred Rupi's longer form poetry and I agree because most of the longer bits were far more enjoyable than the one sentence long ones.
I think I preferred milk and honey more. It feels bad to say this because I know she puts her heart and soul into her writing but just personally I think this was lackluster. It was overall alright, I guess.
ilianaelizabeth's review against another edition
4.0
Este es el segundo libro de Rupi Kaur que leo, y no me fascinó como el primero pero me gustó muchísimo.
Me gusta la forma en que divide los temas que trata, su forma de tratarlos y cómo transforma experiencias, sentimientos, pensamientos a veces muy fuertes, en algo tan bello y estético. Me pasa cuando leo que pienso lo intenso que debe haber resultado para ella escribir esto, es una especie de terapia registrada donde desnuda su alma y nos permite ver qué es para ella el amor, el sexo, el racismo, el feminismo entre otras cosas, cuáles son sus fantasmas, sus traumas, sus fortalezas y su manera de capitalizarlas para ponerlas al servicio de su salud mental y resiliencia, además de su lucha.
Algunos poemas son más explícitos que otros y algunos son muy fuertes. Es cierto que no marqué tantas cosas como en The Sun and Her Flowers, pero aun así disfruté mucho esta lectura.
Lo recomiendo, pero creo que como segunda lectura de esta autora, o tercera, aunque todavía no leí Milk and Honey, que se supone que es el mejor de los tres. Pero a lo que voy es a que por lo menos el primer libro que había leído me transmitió mucho y es tan bello incluso con los temas que toca, que hace que se lea con otros ojos este libro.
Me gusta la forma en que divide los temas que trata, su forma de tratarlos y cómo transforma experiencias, sentimientos, pensamientos a veces muy fuertes, en algo tan bello y estético. Me pasa cuando leo que pienso lo intenso que debe haber resultado para ella escribir esto, es una especie de terapia registrada donde desnuda su alma y nos permite ver qué es para ella el amor, el sexo, el racismo, el feminismo entre otras cosas, cuáles son sus fantasmas, sus traumas, sus fortalezas y su manera de capitalizarlas para ponerlas al servicio de su salud mental y resiliencia, además de su lucha.
Algunos poemas son más explícitos que otros y algunos son muy fuertes. Es cierto que no marqué tantas cosas como en The Sun and Her Flowers, pero aun así disfruté mucho esta lectura.
Lo recomiendo, pero creo que como segunda lectura de esta autora, o tercera, aunque todavía no leí Milk and Honey, que se supone que es el mejor de los tres. Pero a lo que voy es a que por lo menos el primer libro que había leído me transmitió mucho y es tan bello incluso con los temas que toca, que hace que se lea con otros ojos este libro.
bookishtiff1's review against another edition
4.0
I never know how to rate/review poetry because it is so subjective, more than any other genre of writing. I did really enjoy reading this, you could feel all the emotion to it. It isn't my favourite out of Kaur's collection but I still liked it nonetheless. I really like the different sections as they really did talk about what they were supposed to.
kaceilia's review against another edition
3.0
There are parts to this poetry book that I found helpful in this time period of my life. I think the book could’ve been better. I think the author is just starting to fully understand life in its whole. Definitely worth the read to better understand you in your early 20’s (imo).
The author talks about normal depression and anxiety and what adulting is truly about and their life as a person of color and their perspective on how racism and bigotry truly effects them. It holds beautiful poems throughout but some that I personally didn’t get. Maybe I still need time to “understand life in its whole”.
The author talks about normal depression and anxiety and what adulting is truly about and their life as a person of color and their perspective on how racism and bigotry truly effects them. It holds beautiful poems throughout but some that I personally didn’t get. Maybe I still need time to “understand life in its whole”.