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Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
2 reviews
ashbeth2011's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
This book is long and unless you want to read the whole thing, don't choose to read it. Sylvia's life wad indeed sad due to her mental health but many things about her life are deeply problematic as well. Such a life full of cognitive dissonance which was never fully reconciled.
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
aargot1's review against another edition
slow-paced
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Antisemitism, and Classism
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