why I picked itI've been going more and more outside of my reading comfort zone by picking genres like poetry and biographies/autobiographies to mix in with the typical fantasy, romance, and contemporary that are my typical picks. I wanted another good audiobook, and this was a short listen (just 2-3 hours), and it was a book of poetry. I thought it would be great to mix it up a bit before I moved on to another longer read/listen. summaryThis is a collection of poems by Rupi Kaur. They range from stories about life, love, hardships, understanding yourself, becoming strong (or learning how to find your strength) and life lessons. What I likedShe definitely was not afraid of any subjects. There was a wide range of hardships that it sounds like she has overcome, and she discusses them pretty freely in her writing. That takes a very brave individual who is confident in herself and who wants to share the knowledge she's gained. I loved how willing she was to share all of the knowledge she now has. She really focuses on a message to women to be themselves, love themselves, and know that they have value. She doesn't want anyone to rely on what others think about them, especially lovers that say they love you but really only love to use you. She also had a few messages for the dads and men and boys and other women who change girls' perspectives. For example, one thing that stood out to me was from the first chapter. She talked about how when fathers yell at their kids, specifically their daughters, and then tell them that they yell in love, it makes the girls think that that is an expression of love. So, it may make them more likely to grow up and seek men like their fathers, ones that yell "in love" when really those relationships are not healthy. what I didn't likeIt seemed to be all about sex. I was not ready for it at all. Within probably the first 10…no 5…minutes, she was talking about rape. I was SO NOT READY. Then, as it went on, I thought that it would get better. We'd learn the lesson she wanted us to learn, and we could move on to something else. Like the second or third chapter titled "Love." Great! I thought. We get to move on to the better parts of life! No. Nope. Instead, we essentially learn about the lust involved with love. How "love" makes you feel. And then that later transforms into "wow. Even guys who say they love you, or you lust after, that doesn't mean it's love." At that point (with only about 30 minutes left in the book) I just about DNF'ed it. I was done. I didn't want to continue. I figured it would continue on like that the rest of the time (and it pretty much did). The only reason I kept going was because 1) I was so close to the end and 2) the other audiobook I had gotten from Bridges didn't actually download onto my phone, so I didn't have access to it yet. overall impression 🌟🌟I only give this book 2/5 stars. Like I said, I almost just DNF'ed it. I wasn't ready for the amount of talk of sex and in depth information about rape and abuse that it included. I totally understand that the whole thing was Rupi Kaur's point. I think she wanted to push boundaries and talk about the touchy subjects and bring certain feelings and emotions to light. She did a good job of that. If that was her purpose, she completed it. But I think that it maybe could have been done a little more tastefully.
I truly tried to keep an open mind throughout the book. I still loved the lessons that it brought up. And I liked that it pushed hard subjects. I just wish that those things didn't take up the whole book. I wish that there were some more happy and light lessons alongside the hard dark ones.
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