Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

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5.00 out of 5 stars review
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07/22/2016
Perfect
I've posted pieces from this book on social media and have influenced multiple friends to buy it because of that! Even if you think poetry isn't your cup of tea, you should pick up this book.
brunette

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1.00 out of 5 stars review
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01/31/2022
Revisited Trauma
Revisited Trauma for me personally I didn't want to remember. Do not read this thinking it will heal you. It will re-traumatize you all over again.
Danielle
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    01/31/2022
    Revisited Trauma
    Revisited Trauma for me personally I didn't want to remember. Do not read this thinking it will heal you. It will re-traumatize you all over again.
    Danielle
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    07/08/2021
    i read this in one sitting and. i…
    i read this in one sitting and. i have to say. i was not impressed. —repeating the exact same sentiment for 200 pages doesn't make it more profound. I know my way around free verse poetry. My mom is a free verse poet that has been recognized internationally. She usually has me read her work before she posts it and we read the work of other poets together all the time. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that judging poetry is a tricky business, but honestly, this just wasn't anything special. It felt less like I was reading poetry and more like I was reading the notes app on her phone. I've heard the sentiment that was repeated over and over again a million times before this, so honestly, this had nothing to say to me that I didn't already know. If this is the first work of poetry someone has read, I can understand it being their favorite, and I do appreciate Kaur for pouring her heart and soul into this, but for me, it just did absolutely nothing. The majority of the book is one sentence long and is just a paraphrase of all the previous poems. They almost exclusively have to do with sex, which is fine, but when a book is presented to me as a collection about love and family and independence, I don't know, I expect more platonic or familial love than the 2, maybe 3 poems I got, especially when the vast majority are about how sexy some guy is. The first section was promising, but then it sort of devolved from there. And the "loving" section greatly confused and concerned me, especially that last poem. Am I supposed to see the whole "making up" thing as romantic? Because it made me want to call the police. Maybe it's a precursor for "breaking", but then why wasn't it in that section instead, when it so obviously belonged there? I don't know about you guys, but having sex isn't a good way to end a fight in which you both scream so loudly, the neighbors bang on your door because they're pretty sure one of you is being murdered.
    Faith_Murri
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    05/28/2021
    I can be quite picky and severe when…
    I can be quite picky and severe when it comes to poetry as it has to make me feel, ache, and wonder. It's not an easy task to do. But I'll say this: Rupi Kaur delivered brilliantly. I loved her minimalist approach to most of her poems and their intensity. The word choice is deliberate yet touches one's soul with their truth. In one word? Raw. That's what these poems are - they're so raw they grip your guts and twist them, but their trick? They make you want more! There's only one thing I disliked about it and it was how many talks and references about sex there are. I was growing tired and annoyed of reading about it... It was as though it made up her whole life. I understand it might be important for the majority of people, but it was redundant and vulgar. I didn't expect much from Milk and Honey, but I had a lot of fun (and heartache, let's admit it here) reading this collection. In my opinion, it focuses on love, want, sex, abuse, heartache, and happiness. The writing was a bit surprising because I am used to writing each new verse with capital letters in my own poetry, but Rupi Kaur never used a capital at all! Different, but interesting in its own way. I gave it four stars because how wonderfully emotional it is (positive) and for the overuse of sex (negative). I encourage everyone to read it, mostly women as it tackles difficulties we experience everyday. Be aware that this collection of poems is not soft. You will be shaken, moved, and sometimes even thrown off your feet. But it'll leave a good trace on you. I could go on and on, but really, you just have to try it.
    Catherine_GV
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    05/25/2021
    So this was as good as people said it…
    So this was as good as people said it was. I always have a hard time reviewing poetry and putting what I think about them into words, but what I can say is that I really liked the drawings. I liked how the sketches supplemented the poems. They took the poems to another level because they seemed so candid, honest, and effortless.
    oddandbookish
  • 3.00 out of 5 stars review
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    05/23/2021
    This is such a tricky book to…
    This is such a tricky book to review. On the one hand, there is no question that it is brilliantly-written, powerful, and striking a chord with readers. On the other hand, I specifically do not connect with this style of poetry. I do recommend this book if you like confessional poetry and the writing styles of authors like John Green. Well done, just not for me.
    bucketofrhymes
  • 4.00 out of 5 stars review
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    05/21/2021
    Pros: -Quick Read -Simple -E…
    Pros: -Quick Read -Simple -Emotionally Powerful -Clear Tone -Neat Drawings/Doodles Cons: -Can be Emotionally Jarring/Draining -Surprised by mature themes because the title sounded so pretty Notes: -Sentences have "incorrect" grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. because the author was inspired by her mother tongue, Punjabi, which has a script that has no distinction between upper and lowercase letters and the only punctuation used is the period. This might make it difficult for some people to read or enjoy (although the writing is not ridiculously complex or long-winded, which makes it easier). -Book format is like snippets of poetic prose (a few people I've seen have thought it ridiculous that the book's entries could be called poetry just because of all the line breaks, but what contributes to something being poetry is the rhythm/feel while reading, and poetic devices such as line breaks is one of the ways to create that. Prose is generally very straightforward and has little to no rhythm (like these review sentences), but that isn't to say that prose doesn't use poetic devices, Shakespeare's writing has probably some of the best examples of this, but you could also use Ellen Hopkins' books or even Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". Basically what makes this poetry instead of a story is an overlying plot or defined characters that connects all the tidbits, although there are poems that act as stories too (like the epics "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer), so I guess the lesson of the day is that it doesn't really matter what it's called as long as it resonated with you as a reader, which I guess can depend on whether you like poetic devices or not.) That was a longer and much more rant than review, so my bad, but thanks for reading this because it means you probably read to the bottom :) I hope I didn't sound condescending, sorry if I did, I'm just starting out writing reviews.
    NoelleKravitz
  • 5.00 out of 5 stars review
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    12/19/2020
    Absolutely amazing! My boyfriend loves it
    Jocelyn
  • 2.00 out of 5 stars review
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    10/17/2020
    not so great
    this book is really popular so I thought I would like it but honestly isn't that good
    Malea
  • 1.00 out of 5 stars review
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    09/12/2019
    Glad to see I'm not the only one who hated this. Once again, "New York Times Bestseller" means absolutely nothing. This was like a collection of inspirational quotes collected by a teenager and strung together to make a book.
    viviennestrauss
  • 3.00 out of 5 stars review
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    12/01/2018
    I know this collection...
    I know this collection is kind of controversial, so I suppose that I wanted to make up my own opinion about it. Mostly what I thought as I was reading was, "I would have liked these much more when I was younger." Of course, there is something to be said for capturing that rawness of youth, but most of these didn't have much to say to me. Only one fragment really jumped out at me, and I wanted to record it here -- i am losing parts of you like i lose eyelashes unknowingly and everywhere.
    greeniezona
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