a review: milk and honey by rupi kaur

"i know it's hard believe me i know it feels like tomorrow will never come and today will be the most difficult day to get through the hurt will pass as it always does if you give it time and let it so let it go slowly like a broken promise let it go"

Rating: 5/5 Stars

I have a confession to make--I've never been an avid reader of poetry. I enjoy writing my own and have definitely attempted to read many a poetry book in the past, but for some reason, they don't often grab my attention.

Until now.

"milk and honey" by Rupi Kaur is a masterpiece in its own right. Kaur writes 📷with such raw, unbridled emotion that you can't help but feel equal emotion of your own. From the very first page, I found myself connecting with this book in a unique way, as I believe will be the case for every reader. Right from the start (and I couldn't put it down), I started journaling each "favorite" poem from the book, so I could always have them with me. Little did I know I'd fill four full pages, front and back.

milk and honey, in essence, is a story of love, heartbreak, discovery, and self-acceptance. Kaur takes you on a journey through a life pre-relationship, an erotic love affair, a devastating breakup, self-doubt and pain, to acceptance and recovery. And it's astoundingly beautiful.

For anyone who has suffered from loss, heartache, abuse, or addiction, I highly, highly recommend this book. Having personal experience with letting go of something that I depended on so fully, so completely that it controlled my life and was my everything, I can say that Kaur's words seemed as if she was quoting my life--they seemed as if she was speaking to me.

My favorite aspect of Kaur's writing is how she is able to convey a rollercoaster of emotion, from the highest highs to the lowest lows, and end up at a place of such bright hope. Not the sugar-coated kind of hope where everything looks to become sunshine and rainbows, but real, human hope, where you recognize life is going to suck from time to time and there are going to be struggles, but you have the strength to get through them. It's nothing short of inspiring.

Upon finishing this book, I felt more grounded and confident. I felt that, even though times will be tough, everything will be okay, and that I am worthy of love and respect, both from myself and others.

In a nutshell, milk and honey was phenomenal, touching on every human emotion in the most riveting way. I leave you with this final quoted poem, a top-5 contender of my favorites:

"most importantly love like it's the only thing you know how at the end of the day all this means nothing this page where you're sitting your degree your job the money nothing even matters except love and human connection who you loved and how deeply you loved them how you touched the people around you and how much you gave them"

Much thanks for reading. If you haven't already, GO BUY THIS BOOK! You can thank me later. :)