Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

123 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

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

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.

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

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

julesfrigault's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

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

dancingprince's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

didisheart's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense

5.0

5 stars ୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅

 

“i have what i have and i am happy.”

°˖➴ this book was absolutely amazing. i loved the pictures and the way its expressed. i finished this in a day but god i loved it so much. i highly recommend this book!! 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Toxic relationship