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Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

293 reviews

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.

kayelcr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

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

wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

karalyndawn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The poems really resonated with me and where I’m at in life and the things I’m experiencing. Beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

brooketreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is sad, it’s beautiful, it’s gritty. It short but heavy. It’s about trauma, healing and finding yourself. 

Read this if you like poetry or feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

ollieez's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

literarywhore's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

never before have i experienced a collection of poems so deeply raw. kaur has earned my utmost respect and gratitude for her confirmation of one’s worth. beautiful work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming

blitz_ramna's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

3.75

I feel that some of the poems were relatable to me, so I actually did enjoy reading. It helped me a lot to reflective that I annonated my physcial copy. 
I also did like the artwork. I thought some of them were lovely. The artwork for the emotional poems were deeply creative and gave the poem more depth. The erotic ones were nicely sketched. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Grief