A review by rachaelarsenault
Home Body by Rupi Kaur

2.5

I keep wanting to like Rupi Kuar's work, and there are elements of both this collection and Milk and Honey that I've enjoyed. But both times I walk away from the reading experience frustrated, because so few of the poems delved into anything beyond surface statements. There are interesting and important ideas displayed in here, and some genuinely poetic bits of writing, but most of the the pieces are a single statement conveyed very plainly. There's no nuance or depth to explore, no playing with sound or imagery, and that's very disappointing. 

There were a handful of poems I really liked, with the standouts being a couple longer pieces that felt a bit like snippets of an autobiography told in verse. I would love to see more works like that from this author.