Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

7 reviews

bambicat234's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

I read Plath's version in the order she wanted it to be read. 
It is brooding, emotional, devastating, heartbreaking... and also uplifting in ways. Reflective on life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

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

isabella18's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

sianjkh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.0

keep forgetting plath was born in 1932 until the n word comes up

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

je5s_04's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

  Greta poems minus the racism/antisemitism 🫡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs

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