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A review by macabresiren
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
5.0
Sylvia Plath is one of my favorite people. Maybe I never got to meet her, but, from reading her letters home, her diaries, The Bell Jar (about a dozen times by this point in my life,) and every piece of poetry I have been able to get my hands on - I *feel* like I knew her. I fall in love with her every time I hear her voice in my head.
Although I had read almost all the writings in Ariel prior to actually buying the book, I still relished rereading every one of them. She speaks to me, my former "troubled" youth, and my life now even. I never rush through her writings, as I am prone to do with many other books. (I live with (now) untreated ADHD, and at times find it difficult to make my way carefully through a book.) I always, always, always give her my full attention, as if I were listening to a dear friend speak.
From Ariel, I chose "Tulips" as my favorite work. Reading it 5-6 times over before officially "finishing" the book. I kept returning to it, reading it over, even out loud to myself. So many of Ariel's works are haunting (to me) and paint a vivid mental photograph. Sometimes they inspire a memory, or two. As usual, a work of Sylvia's made it to my "favorites" list.
Although I had read almost all the writings in Ariel prior to actually buying the book, I still relished rereading every one of them. She speaks to me, my former "troubled" youth, and my life now even. I never rush through her writings, as I am prone to do with many other books. (I live with (now) untreated ADHD, and at times find it difficult to make my way carefully through a book.) I always, always, always give her my full attention, as if I were listening to a dear friend speak.
From Ariel, I chose "Tulips" as my favorite work. Reading it 5-6 times over before officially "finishing" the book. I kept returning to it, reading it over, even out loud to myself. So many of Ariel's works are haunting (to me) and paint a vivid mental photograph. Sometimes they inspire a memory, or two. As usual, a work of Sylvia's made it to my "favorites" list.