Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

306 reviews

kira20's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

Less impactful rereading. Some poems do feel pithy and more like facebook status. But there are some good lines and it is full of heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

cookie_lover's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

2.0

To be fair, I’m not really a fan of romance poetry. I was going out of my comfort zone and became discomforted.

Only one of the poems in the whole book resonated with me. If it wasn’t such a quick read I would’ve dnf’ed. The kindle edition formatting is horrible, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity

lucya2803's review against another edition

emotional sad

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape and Sexual content

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional relaxing fast-paced

3.5

Pretty cliche and painfully cisheteronormative at times. Beautifully written though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

books_tea_and_candlelight's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

leechachatotheright's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

This is my second read through of this book. I would definitely recommend it to people who enjoy reading poetry. There is a rawness to the way the words are written and how the story is told between the sections of the book that I find so sad yet hopeful. It is probably also very relatable to lots of women just making their way through life. It is bittersweet. 

I've also read Kaur's "the sun and her flowers" and I would say I prefer "milk and honey" if you want to read more on love, loss, heartbreak, and self acceptance. "The sun and her flowers" is a poetry collection that is so much more graphic and deals with sexual trauma, which may be a triggering. "Milk and Honey" discussed these topics as well, but it was not the main focus in my opinion nor as detailed.

The 4 was because I'd recommend the book and that .25 was how much it resonates with me, I cried the first time I read it.

Note: I haven't read "the sun and her flowers" in 5 years now so my comparison might be off. I'm just going based off what I remember from reading the two books back to back at that time.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

The trigger warnings I put are because there are some hints to these topics in the poetry and they might trigger people even at a mild and non-descriptive mention.

acechemicals's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

rainbowfairie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

4.0

This was a reread—my best friend in college actually lent this to me back in 2017, and it was one of the first poetry books that I had read. This sparked a lifelong love and fascination with poetry and encouraged me to write for myself. It also opened my eyes to very raw and painful hurt that others experience in ways I had not, myself, at that time experienced. I love the sisterhood and the youth you find in these pages. Rereading now, some 8 years later, it is interesting to see the young Rupi mindset through my current lens. That’s a beautiful thing about literature—it evolves as we do. Our interpretation shifts and makes room for new perspectives and new connections.

Content Warnings:
Rape/Sexual Assault
Absent father
Sex, graphic imagery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

jazzy_cat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ritaconstantino's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape