Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

10 reviews

lala_reads_too's review

slow-paced

0.25

Not 
poetry. 
Just words 
and cringy
 “art”
Written like this.  

With drawings 
That
My
12 year old 
Cousin 
Could draw. 


Such a waste of paper. 
Think about the planet 🪐


- LalaReadsToo

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

margaritium's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a free thought flow poetry book by the genius poetess that is Rupi Kaur. As a desi woman myself some of the poems hit hard and were really close to home. In the similiar manner Rupi Kaur talks about some heavy topics and her life story in a beautiful and clear way yet does not compromise depth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

michaelion's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

2.5

This came out when I was in high school and even then people were making fun of her. Recently I saw a video of her reading a poem (the one on page 101) and thought it was kinda cute and mostly corny, so I figured like the Brits say "Wot IS all this then?" What's all the hullabaloo, what's all the fuss about, why don't people like her? I should find out for myself.

So anyway I get it. Very corny, very basic, I still think it's a waste of a tree and a waste of paper. But not necessarily a waste of ink... Plenty of the pages are pretty moving. Sometimes basic is resounding and renowned for a reason. Now that I've read this though you can really see the influence she and others like her have had on pop culture in general. Is that good or bad? The answer is yes. (But mostly it's bad.)

I don't like making reviews like this but here I goes. The "poems" aren't really rhythmic or present with the flow of things I usually associate with the term "poetry." Like, yes, arguably a lot of poetry is like this but I personally don't like that. Just because you put several line breaks in something that in any other case would be considered a run on sentence I'm supposed to clap for you? And there are some instances where even when there is a line break it's still a run on sentence? No punctuation at all girl? Not even a comma? An em dash? A semi colon? It's confusing. Pick a struggle.

On a positive note, there's kind of a storyline here. This book couldve been improved if the "poems" weren't placed in the same theme in random order but in a way that better connected them, because it's clear many of the poems are about different people, not just one ex or how that ex connects with a parent or family member. All those people have different feelings and memories attached to them. But alas. Rupi Girl, you'll never be Sandra Cisneros. You'll never be Mitski Miyawaki's Magnificent Musical Melodrama now available on Spotify.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Gaslighting, Self harm, Mental illness, Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

dlwlrma_16's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

mariahribeiro's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective

3.0

i felt uncomfortable reading some of the poems but then you have the pretty poems.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

tinkithesquirelll's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Beutifull work., 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Suicide

gracie_samol's review

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

mothfaun's review

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Misogyny, and Mental illness

boowsy1's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I love how she goes into details of her life but shows the true process of trauma work and how to fully heal and being honest with self and others, amazing writer with so much emotions and well written thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

seirid's review

reflective sad slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts