Books, Books and more Books: Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Hey everyone, and welcome to another week of reviewing books.

This week we'll be taking a small turn and reviewing a #1 New York Times bestseller, Milk and Honey, by Indian-Canadian poet Rupi Kaur.

Blurb:

this is the journey of 

surviving through poetry

this is the blood sweat tears

of twenty-one years

this is my heart

in your hands

this is 

the hurting

the loving

the breaking

the healing

- rupi kaur

Personal Flashback:

I remember one of my friends urging me to buy and read this book of poetry when I was in high school, so I did. I bought the whole collection: Milk and Honey, The Sun and Her Flowers and Home Body. I didn't really know what to expect because I am not a poetry reader myself. Let's say when I began reading Milk and Honey, all I could think was: This is meaningful, yet so personal. It's a collection of real-life experiences of feminism and relationships.

Review:

It was definitely a quick read. I mean, poetry usually is.

I remember reading the first page and closing the book shut. That's how the first poem hit me.

One of my favourite aspects was the messy illustrations drawn with black lines. It added a certain type of feeling when reading that I can't get myself to explain.

I love how Rupi Kaur broke the book down into 4 chapters: the hurting, the loving, the breaking and the healing. It was almost like 4 stages of grief and emotions.

A lot of the poems felt quite personal to me; one of my favourites was:

people go

but how

they left

always stays

They are so simple, so short, but so impactful- something Rupi Kaur knows how to master across all her poetry.

If you're a poetry lover looking for an emotional, deep, yet heartbreaking read, this is for you.