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tillynancy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Rape, Animal death, Death, Suicide attempt, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism
phoebe_meikle's review against another edition
5.0
Bleak and raw. I knew it would be hard to read. She masterfully articulates her pain and struggle in her life. She felt connected to nature, experiencing and using the beauty and ugliness of the world around her to convey such unsettling and overwhelmed thoughts. The contrasting poems ‘A Birthday Present’ and ‘Letter in November’ are placed beside each other in the collection, and both highlight the opposing cruxes of Plath’s harrowing eagerness to die as well as her deep fondness for nature.
My favourites: Sheep in Fog, The Moon and the Yew Tree, A Birthday Present, The Rival, Years, and Paralytic.
Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt
bambicat234's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
It is brooding, emotional, devastating, heartbreaking... and also uplifting in ways. Reflective on life.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
_rowan_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
returningb00kworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Genocide, Racial slurs, and Racism
stephanie19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
racbuckallew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
maess's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Genocide, Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide
geesammy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
vera_nikolajevna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Racial slurs and Antisemitism