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cloranger's review
dark
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
aniagajecka's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt
kheleesi's review
5.0
One of the better books about Sylvia in her younger years, I found this to be very interesting and engaging. The many sources, interviews and excerpts from her journals paints a very real view of who Sylvia Plath was. I found it refreshing that the book didn't go the dour path with her bad experiences, and instead focused on her as a person, and her organic reactions to things.
myriadreads's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this read! It's very conversational, and I admit that there were sidebar items that could have been cut entirely, but I still enjoyed this zoomed-in focus on the summer of '53 a great deal.
jhaubnerreads's review
3.0
An interesting read, though the dual focus on 50s culture and Plath's life sometimes muddles things.
rebeccamahanyhorton's review
2.0
Pretentiously written and incomprehensibly organized.
The bulk of the book suffers from a writing style that attempts to compete with Plath's in poeticism; the rest, which catalogues the remainder of Plath's life, is a little better in that it strays from the sort of unfounded suppositions that characterize the majority of the book. (The author on Plath's love of starfish: "Perhaps she saw her own appetites in the creature's 'active search for and ingestion of animal food, dead or alive, in large portions.'")
It was worth reading only because of the subject matter, in the end.
The bulk of the book suffers from a writing style that attempts to compete with Plath's in poeticism; the rest, which catalogues the remainder of Plath's life, is a little better in that it strays from the sort of unfounded suppositions that characterize the majority of the book. (The author on Plath's love of starfish: "Perhaps she saw her own appetites in the creature's 'active search for and ingestion of animal food, dead or alive, in large portions.'")
It was worth reading only because of the subject matter, in the end.
colorfulleo92's review
3.0
3,5 stars. I have by now read move books about Sylvia Plath then about her, because sadly I don't seem to be able to my hands on them on my book app or library. Such a shame. But I was intrigued when I found this book on my app. It's an interesting look into a time in Sylvia Plath's life and the audiobook was narrated well, but I didn't love this anywho. It's a good book but I will like other authors have captured Sylvias essence more then Elizabeth Winder did and been more readable, but nevertheless it's a good book and I'm glad I've read it.
thejazfactor's review
4.0
Found the book fascinating but felt like I learned more about the beauty trends of the time than I did about Sylvia Plath