Milk and Honey

3.5 stars!

I'm really not usually a poetry person. Generally, I find poetry to be pretentious with big words for the sake of big words and imagery that doesn't really make sense. But I'd heard a lot of good things about this book, so I decided to check it out. I really loved that the words were so simple, but the way she strung them together was so poignant. I actually enjoyed the poems and found that they were deep and emotional. Granted, some of...read more

"𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆" 𝕄𝕚𝕝𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℍ𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪 - Rᴜᴘɪ Kᴀᴜᴿ ⭐ ( 3 / 10 ) I'm not going fo mention how long I just sat here and blinked thinking about this book. I'm going to keep this short like the book was. I. Hated. It. Mind you. The words were beautiful. The aesthetic of the book. I wanted to throw it in the road...read more

First ever poetry book I ever read but I must say I feel in love immediately. Never knew reading poetry could be have bumps of emotions. This is precious.

So this was the first ever poetry book I read from Rupi Kaur and this is the book that got me hooked, I love her writing.

not a fan of how it was written. but overall a good book.