Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

5 reviews

maess's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Deportation, Genocide, Misogyny, Pregnancy, War, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

sofiadidonato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I have bought a edition that has both of plath’s poetry books and some scattered poems together. I have just finished Ariel. I have been trying to do so for the last 3 years but her poems are really dense and dark. However she writes like no one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Gore, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Death, Classism, and Blood

joperceptions's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racism, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Self harm

This was a re read of the book. i found it interesting how much my thoughts could change in it especially after discussing certain poems with my uni class. Her poems progressively get more intricate, and withstand more analytical capability the further you get due to the fact that the ambiguity strengthens. Some of them i liked, a lot of them i did not like at all. I think the main one i enjoyed was “the applicant”. Definitely a lot of racism in here- inexcusable racism. Which made it really hard to actually enjoy any part of the text at all.

grace_cr1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Antisemitism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Xenophobia, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Mental illness