An entire poem just about 'you don't NEED a man you WANT a man' was just a repeat of things I've been hearing for years. The concepts in this poem, especially when it rolled around to the feminism aspects, just didn't wow me. I expected I would love every page of this, but I only marked 4 poems. Some poems are just basic sentences with random skips that have no real point, they aren't too lyrical, and it's literally just like reading a normal sentence. I'm not sure why people go crazy about this book and say it's gorgeous and it's their favorite book, because honestly, it's very plain.

If I could sum up my thoughts about this book, it would just be, 'Oh.' YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat get likes on this review daily and for a long time i've felt like a 3-star review was too generous so I lowered it to 2 today, which is more accurate in hindsight. Not the best experience, but an experience nonetheless. There's barely a handful of words per page and just vast amounts of white paper.

Like the author took a really pretty sentence and then hit enter a lot.Īlso, maybe I'm a hypocrite here (just based on the sheer amount of books in my house) but I kind of felt bad for all the unused page space in this book. I admit I'm no expert, but the words seemed more poetical than poem. This whole book felt like those instagram quotes minus the inspirational photograph. I'm not normally a poetry person and this book did nothing to convince me otherwise. Just released my Worst 2020 Books Video - now that you know this one made the list, click the link to find the rest! The Written Review She feels most at home when creating art, performing her poetry onstage, and spending time with family and friends. Her work touches on love, loss, trauma, healing, femininity, and migration. These shows are a poetic theatrical experience interlaced with her own touch of stand-up. Rupi Kaur graces stages across the globe on sold-out world tours. Most recently in 2022- she released her 4th book ‘Healing Through Words’ which is a journey of guided writing exercises to help the reader explore their creativity.Īs she has done from the very beginning, Rupi self-produced ‘Rupi Kaur Live’, the first poetry special of its kind, which debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2021. These collections have sold more than 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. Next came its artistic siblings 'the sun and her flowers' and ‘home body’, both debuting at #1 on bestseller lists across the world. A breakout literary phenomenon and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Rupi Kaur wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first poetry collection, 'milk and honey' in 2014.

Milk and honey by Rupi Kaur