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monetp 's review for:
Milk and Honey
by Rupi Kaur
Easily the best audiobook I've listened to this year! It gives me metaphorical heart eyes.
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"I am a museum full of art." - [a:Rupi Kaur|8075577|Rupi Kaur|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1444103068p2/8075577.jpg]
Having the book read by the author really does make a difference. I could tell by Kaur's voice that she was claiming her own words and acting them out for her audience. It was more of an experience that just a book.
What's lovely about this read is that each poem is short so you can read the book straight through in a day. The audiobook is your best bet. Every twenty minutes or so there's gorgeous Indian music in the background as the narrator transitions to the next poem. The atmosphere is made real.
I didn't expect to relate so much to Kaur's first couple poems. When she speaks on her relationship with her father it hit me hard. She puts into words emotions I have felt but have not known how to express. An excellent example of this are the lines: "Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindness which seems like a good idea till she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you." What Kaur described is exactly what happened to me. This is the moment I fell in love with the book. Her take on feminist poetry is completely original and her quotes on self-love are meaningful. Kaur so perfectly understands people; her talent is undeniable. Instead of just making you feel some way, Kaur makes you understand "why" you feel that way.
Favorite Quotes:
"you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly..."
"The kindest words my father said to me
Women like you drown oceans."
"your art
is about
if your heart likes your work"
"fall
in love
with your solitude"
"apparently it is ungraceful of me
to mention my period in public
cause the actual biology
of my body is too real
it is okay to sell what's
between a woman's legs
more than it is okay to
mention its inner workings..."
--
"I am a museum full of art." - [a:Rupi Kaur|8075577|Rupi Kaur|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1444103068p2/8075577.jpg]
Having the book read by the author really does make a difference. I could tell by Kaur's voice that she was claiming her own words and acting them out for her audience. It was more of an experience that just a book.
What's lovely about this read is that each poem is short so you can read the book straight through in a day. The audiobook is your best bet. Every twenty minutes or so there's gorgeous Indian music in the background as the narrator transitions to the next poem. The atmosphere is made real.
I didn't expect to relate so much to Kaur's first couple poems. When she speaks on her relationship with her father it hit me hard. She puts into words emotions I have felt but have not known how to express. An excellent example of this are the lines: "Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindness which seems like a good idea till she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you." What Kaur described is exactly what happened to me. This is the moment I fell in love with the book. Her take on feminist poetry is completely original and her quotes on self-love are meaningful. Kaur so perfectly understands people; her talent is undeniable. Instead of just making you feel some way, Kaur makes you understand "why" you feel that way.
Favorite Quotes:
"you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly..."
"The kindest words my father said to me
Women like you drown oceans."
"your art
is about
if your heart likes your work"
"fall
in love
with your solitude"
"apparently it is ungraceful of me
to mention my period in public
cause the actual biology
of my body is too real
it is okay to sell what's
between a woman's legs
more than it is okay to
mention its inner workings..."