frommito's review against another edition
4.0
This is the first 4 star Sylvia Plath review I've given. Idk if it is because I just need more time to read the poems and absorb them. Some I understood and some seemed to be really difficult to get. I think I need to come back to this collection at a later time.
m4rtt4's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
4.0
first time reading Plath and issa vibe.
my favourites: Finisterre, Blackberrying, I Am Vertical, Stillborn, Mirror and The Tour.
my favourites: Finisterre, Blackberrying, I Am Vertical, Stillborn, Mirror and The Tour.
bookish_reads's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
shanviolinlove's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy reading Plath, whose poems are very accessible. She uses concrete descriptions in her imagery, creative comparisons with her metaphors, similar to what a reader would find in her novel The Bell Jar. I had read "Mirror" years ago as a child and had not known the poet at the time, so it was a delight coming across the familiar words again in this collection. For my friends who tend to shy away from poems due to their "loftiness" or "intentional ambiguity," Crossing the Water is a collection I'd highly recommend they try!
queenkoko's review against another edition
3.0
"Mirror" stuck out to me the most, the others not so much.
nanc_282's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
I first read this collection aged 12 and fell in love with Plath and poetry. Re-reading the collection I’m struck by the way some of the poems such as Wuthering Heights and Finisterre have stayed in my mind. Not Plath’s finest collection, but still worth reading.
moonscapist's review against another edition
5.0
Sylvia Plath is a genius. Period.
P.S. I especially liked Mirror, Last Words, Love Letter and Blackberrying. And I'm sure I'm going to get my hands to more Plath poetry (in physical copies, not just the site I saw on the Internet with all her poems in it) sometime soon.
P.S. I especially liked Mirror, Last Words, Love Letter and Blackberrying. And I'm sure I'm going to get my hands to more Plath poetry (in physical copies, not just the site I saw on the Internet with all her poems in it) sometime soon.