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spaceemacee's review against another edition
5.0
This book makes me miss a person I never had the chance to meet. A soul gone too soon.
jakey2314's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
torialmond's review against another edition
fast-paced
honestly i’m having a hard time rating this because it was a 40 page story and i’m confused but intrigued. the preface mentions how it is meant to feel unfinished and yeah that’s how it feels! lol
first time reading sylvia plath and im definitely curious about her as an author now! gonna need to do some more reading to see what this was about. it’s inspired by a convo between her and a friend i think?? anyways yeah fun little read by the water
first time reading sylvia plath and im definitely curious about her as an author now! gonna need to do some more reading to see what this was about. it’s inspired by a convo between her and a friend i think?? anyways yeah fun little read by the water
rosietakesonliterature's review against another edition
4.0
For some dumb reason, at first, I did not think to contextualize this in terms of Plath's life—Mary Ventura was written months before her first suicide attempt. I did make the connection with Dante's circles of hell, of course, and was glad to learn from Harvard Review's Sylvia Plath’s Ninth Kingdom that Plath was indeed reading Dante around the time this was written. I know there are mixed reviews of this story out there, but I genunely enjoyed it and was intrigued by where it was going. It might lack the sophistication of The Bell Jar but I would not say this is "distinct" juvenilia . There are many ways to interpret the ending of the story in contexts within or outside of Plath's life. I think this is a worthy read, Plath fan or not. The descriptions are vivid and engaging, the pacing is good, the concept is original.