Reviews tagging 'Death'

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

6 reviews

janeanger's review

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.75

1000 pages of drudgery tbh. 40+ hours of audiobook! Too much for me, even as a pretty big Plath fan.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Classism

lovelymisanthrope's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Sylvia Plath is one of my favorite people to learn about, and "The Bell Jar" is my favorite book, so I was very excited to see what this biography had to offer. I really loved how this book was set up, and I really enjoyed that this biography dove into the lives of the people around Sylvia Plath. We got to learn about her parents' lives and how their decisions and hardships impacted Sylvia. This biography also did a great job of looking at the relationship between Sylvia and Ted Hughes. Heather Clark really did her research and included information from an array of different sources. She beautifully pulled in excerpts from Sylvia's journals, interviews from people around Sylvia, and news articles and journals published during Sylvia's life. I was very pleased to see so many themes touched upon throughout the book: mental health specifically in the early 1900's and how women were treated during this time, women's rights in the early 1900's, what a women's "role" was, and so much more. This biography also has pictures throughout, which was really interesting to see. We get to see what her parents looked like, how Sylvia aged, and her own little family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Infertility

alrauna's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism and Abortion

julied's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Child death

sjanke2's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

acarter's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt