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Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story by Sylvia Plath

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catherine_thegreat's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

ienbdri's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This is shockingly my first read of anything Sylvia Plath! I didn’t know much about her but how amazing her work was. So going in blind it was still very intriguing and a wonderful allegory.. after looking into her bio and the info on this book it adds so many layers to it.

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dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

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4.0

Weirdly enough, this was my first time reading Sylvia Plath. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom is a striking short story that was rejected (!) by a magazine in 1952, when Plath was still a student. Two years later, the story was revised. This is the first, unedited version, published for the first time.

Eerie and sinister yet gentle and reassuring at the same time. I liked it a lot!