literary_lunatic's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This book was like therapy, shadow work, a warm hug, and a long talk with a close friend/sister/mother.
This will stick with me for a long time 💜
This will stick with me for a long time 💜
shobnob's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
gregorsamsacore's review against another edition
3.0
what can i say about rupi kaur's poetry that hasn't been said already. you either love it or hate it. i'm on the fence because i really love some of them and some of them just make me go meh. i absolutely love drawings though
asta24's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
3.5
aisha_n's review against another edition
3.0
favourite bits:
capitalism got inside my head
and made me think my only value
is how much i produce
for people to consume
capitalism got inside my head
and made me think
i am of worth
as long as i am working
how do we sleep at night
knowing the systems we uphold
treat the foundations of our society
as second-class citizens
when they are the reason
the wheels of this world stay turning
i thought my brown immigrant body
should always work harder
than everyone else in the room
because that's what made me valuable
the land sprawled its limbs
and said put your feet up
the trees said we will give you life
the air said breathe me in
the earth said
take care of what takes care of you
and we turned our backs on all of them
we already have the things that can complete us
they just aren’t things
they are people
and laughter and connection
freedom can't exist
until the most disadvantaged are free
no one on this planet
is in more denial
than the white man
who regardless of all
the evidence in front of him
still thinks racism and sexism
and all the world’s pain don’t exist
give me laugh lines and wrinkles
i want proof of the jokes we shared
engrave the lines into my face like
the roots of a tree that grow deeper
with each passing year
i want sunspots as souvernirs
for the beaches we laid on
i want to look like i was
never afraid to let the world
take me by the hand
and show me what it's made of
i want to leave this place knowing
i did something with my body
other than trying to make it look perfect
you are a soul. a world. a portal. a spirit. you are never alone. you are organs and blood and flesh and muscle. a colony of miracles weaving into each other.
capitalism got inside my head
and made me think my only value
is how much i produce
for people to consume
capitalism got inside my head
and made me think
i am of worth
as long as i am working
how do we sleep at night
knowing the systems we uphold
treat the foundations of our society
as second-class citizens
when they are the reason
the wheels of this world stay turning
i thought my brown immigrant body
should always work harder
than everyone else in the room
because that's what made me valuable
the land sprawled its limbs
and said put your feet up
the trees said we will give you life
the air said breathe me in
the earth said
take care of what takes care of you
and we turned our backs on all of them
we already have the things that can complete us
they just aren’t things
they are people
and laughter and connection
freedom can't exist
until the most disadvantaged are free
no one on this planet
is in more denial
than the white man
who regardless of all
the evidence in front of him
still thinks racism and sexism
and all the world’s pain don’t exist
give me laugh lines and wrinkles
i want proof of the jokes we shared
engrave the lines into my face like
the roots of a tree that grow deeper
with each passing year
i want sunspots as souvernirs
for the beaches we laid on
i want to look like i was
never afraid to let the world
take me by the hand
and show me what it's made of
i want to leave this place knowing
i did something with my body
other than trying to make it look perfect
you are a soul. a world. a portal. a spirit. you are never alone. you are organs and blood and flesh and muscle. a colony of miracles weaving into each other.
chadjames312's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
sanmeow's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
1.0
this was gifted to me, so yeah, i read it. i'm just not a fan of rupi kaur's style at all, her poems never speak to me and i don't find them memorable. it's not bad thematically and i understand her work resonates with a lot of people, though.