review: milk and honey by rupi kaur

milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. It is about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is split into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain, heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look. ~ Goodreads

Source: Kindle Unlimited

Review: 

Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry divided into four sections. the hurting, the loving, the breakup, and the healing
I have no doubt in my mind that the author lived through these experiences her poetry explores; incest, an abusive relationship, family and friendships. The honesty and rawness cut deep.

As a collection it's a mixed bag. Some poems are beautiful, insightful and powerful while others read like a motivational tweet or something I might say to friend going through a hard time. Not that it isn't true or interesting - just not really poetry? But I don't read a lot of poetry so...

This would be a great book for people interested in reading poetry but are often intimidated. The messages are clear and accessible, the themes of "violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity" universal.

I also loved how the author wrote about how women should view each other as empowering rather than through jealousy and would recommend this to people who are looking for a light at the end of the tunnel and hope to push through a difficult/abusive relationship.

I wasn't as blown away as some other readers were but it is a something I bookmarked often on my Kindle and could relate to.

TW: incest, abuse, violence