DNF at 32%

oh geez

this is a REALLY bad reading slump if freaking poetry can’t get me out of it.

this is the second time i DNF a rupi kaur book. i’ve tried to get through them but they end up being a lot more sexual than i previously thought.

and it’s not wrong that kaur is telling us a pout her r*pe story and sexual assault story, but i feel she should put a warning on the book, anywhere on the book. i mean, this really took me by surprise and as a young teenager (i’m talking 13 years old, people) this made me extremely uncomfortable while reading.

i was all for The Sun and Her Flowers. the beginning poems were actually good and i definitely enjoyed them, but as i got somewhat deeper into the book i found that i was getting more and more uncomfortable. i picked up the ebook again just right now to continue and i immediately returned it after i read the poem where she literally talks about shaving her hair down there (if you know what i mean).

i’m just not going to continue with a book that makes me physically uncomfortable, sorry not sorry. i guess this author’s work just isn’t for me.

-rebe