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1337's review
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
casparb's review against another edition
now I wouldn't call it a breakthrough as such because I Felt anne arrive before but something happened in the Notebooks here to me which was , unutterably alive. shivers - possible side effect of reading anne aloud. anyway what she's doing here in the space of a line is phenomenal & the contemporary can keep thinking of her
The day is slipping away, why am I
out here, what do they want?
I am sorrowful in November...
(no they don't want that,
they want bee stings).
The day is slipping away, why am I
out here, what do they want?
I am sorrowful in November...
(no they don't want that,
they want bee stings).
yara_aly's review against another edition
5.0
U g h.
“For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed at us and therefore we did not cringe at the death hole.”
“For God was as large as a sunlamp and laughed at us and therefore we did not cringe at the death hole.”
emmareese's review against another edition
3.0
( 3.5 stars )
this is sad and confusing and i don’t know if i can ever read anne sexton again but she definitely has a way with words.
this is sad and confusing and i don’t know if i can ever read anne sexton again but she definitely has a way with words.
sarahreadsaverylot's review against another edition
4.0
4.5
Perhaps this collection contains the Anne Sexton that is most famous, most adored.
Especially good is her signature juxtaposition of the exquisitely tortuous emotional with the soothingly familiar mundane.
My favourite was The Furies series.
Perhaps this collection contains the Anne Sexton that is most famous, most adored.
Especially good is her signature juxtaposition of the exquisitely tortuous emotional with the soothingly familiar mundane.
My favourite was The Furies series.
davenash's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed this better than The Book of Folly and felt it was more transformation and mature than Love Poems or Live or Die.
The Death Note Books ends with a strong string of poems - Jesus Walks, Mary's Song, Hurry Up Please it Time were my three favorite. O Ye Tounges feels like an outro / coda.
Likewise the collection starts with some excellent poems - Gods, Making A Living, and For Mister Death.
"To Pray, Jesus Knew, is to be a man carrying a man"
My favorite line.
The Death Note Books ends with a strong string of poems - Jesus Walks, Mary's Song, Hurry Up Please it Time were my three favorite. O Ye Tounges feels like an outro / coda.
Likewise the collection starts with some excellent poems - Gods, Making A Living, and For Mister Death.
"To Pray, Jesus Knew, is to be a man carrying a man"
My favorite line.