Review

Review

Thanks to my friend Erin for loaning me this book!

Standard disclaimer about poetry: I don’t know anything about it and am rating based on my response.

I liked these! Not as much as I did The Sun & Her Flowers, but still. I thought the poems dealing with themes of trust, belief, self-compassion, and acceptance were my favorites (list of page numbers at end). There are several that speak to Kaur’s experience as an immigrant, particularly as a child. While I don’t relate to the immigrant experience, a lot of them felt familial to growing up very poor. I related to those aspects, both the experiences of them and the sensitivies and anxieties the experiences leave you with. Several I really did not quite get / they did not speak to me at all. That’s okay. I bumped on a few. That’s okay too!

I thought the introduction(?) of poems on productivity and anxiety around success or putting out an image of success/competency was really interesting. I don’t remember those from Sun & Her Flowers. I appreciated the inclusion and liked these, particularly the ones around kind of acting a certain way or working your way to happiness (like p105).

Favorites (page numbers): 22, 27, 35, 42, 65, 97, 105, 119, 120, 153, 156.