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A review by rachellen
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content