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kellynanne's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
chaoticbookgremlin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
redisreading's review against another edition
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
horsehighpriestess's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
kitkat962's review against another edition
4.0
In my never-ending quest to understand the English poems (the rhyming scheme, I still don't), Plath's work still impressed me with the brutally embellished and emotive words. It was a comprehensive book, and I skipped over many too personal to understand, but still, I can see why it is a classic. Definitely will continue reading it in slower pace again
arthoe's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
leahreadsstuff's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Reminds me of a summer storm: wild and loud and terrifying in its beauty. Fraught and at times violent in its imagery.
It’s a slow build of a read, with her work laid out chronologically. The earlier poems are disjointed and chaotic, as if she wrote entirely by inspiration of the moment. The deeper themes are there, but veiled behind conventional ideas. It’s a slow, queasy, inexorable slide into emotional honesty. The subjects are not for the faint hearted: death, isolation, identity, and the strange heavy leaden weight of depression.
1961 is a marked turning point. From then on the pretension disappears, and there is a raw and intensely vivid openness that starts to take shape. 1962 is incredible. “Daddy” in particular is a disturbing, horrifying, wrenching piece of work. And “The Jailer” continues the imagery of rage and pain. “Lady Lazarus” stuck with me. Her uncomfortable emotional honesty and macabre humor bring the truths she is laying open home.
It’s impossible to separate Plath’s work from her mythology, at least for me, and knowing her life story makes the work all the more poignant.
emmacraig's review against another edition
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0