A review by condensedmilk
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

This is not a masterpiece nor a good representative for the poetry genre. This work is similiar to the likes of Amanda Lovelace's work and other instapoets. Personally, I didn't like most of these poems but one brought me to tears and some sounded nice. I believe the value of Kaur's poetry comes from the fact that her experiences are very relatable and as a woman of color she can also appeal to the struggles of POC and more specifically, South Asian women—this being the reason why her poem 'broken english' spoke to me as a South Asian girl. This book however is a great gateway into the world of poetry for someone who sees poetry as foreboding and intimidating. Kaur's simple language and familiar struggles and concepts makes poetry very accessible compared to more classic poets such as Emily Dickinson. Heck, Dickinson's poetry still makes my head spin so it's reassuring that poetry is not all archaic and complicated. Something I also loved about Kaur's poetry is her honesty. She talked about the untalkable, the prime example of this being masturbation. Masturbation is such a taboo subject in feminine spheres—sometimes even amongst feminists! There's this unspoken discomfort about discussing anything sexual that excludes a partner/s and frankly I find it annoying so I'm glad Kaur is talking about these things that feel 'forbidden' to discuss openly.
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