kmgard's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
jesse_level's review against another edition
4.0
“I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me; all day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, it’s malignity.”
jemjemv's review against another edition
3.0
There are some beautiful poems in this book, but also racist words/terms/imagery used. I do understand that this was written in different time, etc., but … parts of it just feels gross.
helterskelliter's review against another edition
5.0
“…she wasted nothing of what she felt, and when I’m control of those tumultuous feelings she was able to focus and direct her incredible poetic energy to great effect. And here was ‘Ariel’, her extraordinary achievement, poised as she was between her volatile emotional state and the edge of the precipice. The art was not to fall.” (Frieda Hughes about her mother, Sylvia Plath, xx)
There isn’t much to be said about this restoration of Sylvia Plath’s final collection of poetry that hasn’t already been said in some form.
This is a profound and lasting final testament of such a talented and skilled woman’s most menacing desires and deepest griefs. It’s brutally honest and sharp, each word and each line refined and poignant, calculating and designed to cut to the core. The pain and the hurt move you to tears. The angry grief overflows, bleeds and bursts free.
If you have not read this collection yet, I highly recommend it. Frieda provides a foreword that contextualizes not only the poetry and the woman behind it but also the mother and the wife who left this collection behind.
There isn’t much to be said about this restoration of Sylvia Plath’s final collection of poetry that hasn’t already been said in some form.
This is a profound and lasting final testament of such a talented and skilled woman’s most menacing desires and deepest griefs. It’s brutally honest and sharp, each word and each line refined and poignant, calculating and designed to cut to the core. The pain and the hurt move you to tears. The angry grief overflows, bleeds and bursts free.
If you have not read this collection yet, I highly recommend it. Frieda provides a foreword that contextualizes not only the poetry and the woman behind it but also the mother and the wife who left this collection behind.
straaawbs's review against another edition
3.0
I think I'm a bit too dim to get poetry in general, unless it's really literal. I had no idea what she was on about in 80% of these poems, and for the remaining 20% I could only make guesses. Maybe it's like that for everyone. Anyway, at least the words sounded nice. Lady Lazarus and The Rival were a couple that stood out to me.
hellokelsiejo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0