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A review by glitterpricked
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
2.0
better than both milk and honey and the sun and her flowers in that it seems to explore more themes while also remaining a coherent and cohesive collection. every section of the book is one I can see someone enjoying, though I really only enjoyed the second half of the collection.
like with her past poetry, Rupi Kaur loses stars from me in that there are still plenty of "poems" that read as Instagram captions that are reduced reused recycled. I spent more time wondering how this can be considered a complete book than I did thinking about her poetry. while some were definitely better than her last two collections, I still think a lot of them are very very surface-level and leave something to be desired. which is big considering I relate to her as a South Asian woman who has had some similar experiences to Kaur.
took 20 minutes to read altogether, which is a shame because it illustrates how little desire I had to go back and reread/analyse certain poems (something that I feel like poetry should do).
like with her past poetry, Rupi Kaur loses stars from me in that there are still plenty of "poems" that read as Instagram captions that are reduced reused recycled. I spent more time wondering how this can be considered a complete book than I did thinking about her poetry. while some were definitely better than her last two collections, I still think a lot of them are very very surface-level and leave something to be desired. which is big considering I relate to her as a South Asian woman who has had some similar experiences to Kaur.
took 20 minutes to read altogether, which is a shame because it illustrates how little desire I had to go back and reread/analyse certain poems (something that I feel like poetry should do).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content