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Ariel by Sylvia Plath

39 reviews

cliterarystudies's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A

4.5


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tillynancy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • 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


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phoebe_meikle's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

5/5.

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.

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_rowan_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.75


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returningb00kworm's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • 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


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maess's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75


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geesammy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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

5.0

deep, layered, crunchy poetry…lots to chew on - I want to dig into each one and dissect it, I want to know more, I want to understand…I will read this again and again

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arcadering's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5


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isabella18's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-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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honeystuck's review against another edition

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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

5.0

this book is definitely ‘disturb the comfortable, comfort the disturbed’ 

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