A review by anniefwrites
Sylvia Plath: A Biography by Linda Wagner-Martin

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

I’ve been fascinated by Sylvia Plath since I read The Bell Jar a few years ago and it blew me away. This book is super informative about the minutiae of her daily life from childhood to her death, and it paints a clear picture of a person who struggled with mental illness, perfectionism, strict gender expectations, and family trauma. It was a bit dry, but not excessively so for a biography. I do wonder how the book would have been different if the Hughes estate had allowed more access, as the author notes up front. There’s still so much we don’t know.