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.
scorpi07's review against another edition
4.0
Poetry! I love it AND it so frequently passes over my head. This collection is wonderful and makes me long to be in a lit class dissecting and discussing phrasing, word choices, and deeper meanings. *sigh*