milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

Rating: 5/5 stars
★★★★★

milk and honey is a collection of poetry by Rupi Kaur about abuse, love, womanhood, and acceptance. It's a very important book that every woman should read in their lifetime (even if they usually hate poetry, like me). 


This book is absolutely stunning. I've read amazing reviews about it and have seem some pictures of poems in here floating through Twitter, so I had pretty high expectations. This book met all those expectations and then some.

It's written in a style that's elegant. I felt the poems speak to me personally and also give me a view into stuff that wasn't relatable. There are also some lovely drawings to compliment some of the poems. These weren't amazingly detailed drawings, but simple and helped with the story. The drawings sometimes spoke to me more than the poems. They were an amazing addition. 

There's a lot going on in these poems, but the parts that stuck with me most were the parts about loving yourself. There's great relationship advice and there's also relationship abuse in here, which hurt my heart. The sexuality in the book wasn't gross or unnecessary. It was mentioned beautifully and was a key aspect to the book. I know the whole feminist "you're body's a flower" thing annoys some people, but there's so much more than that here. 

milk and honey helped me, in a way. Even though it only took me fifteen minutes to read this, it still had a big impact on me. There were some poems that I really loved and wanted to share with the world. This book is so important and so powerful. If you haven't read this already, why not? It's worth it.