A review by rainbowfairie
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

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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