A review by megelizabeth
Ariel by Sylvia Plath

2.5

I studied some of this anthology's poems at school, and I've been meaning to get around to reading the whole thing for years, so I'm glad I've finally done that. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy or appreciate or feel as emotionally attached to this collection as I expected to. It's undoubtedly a literary masterpiece, with so much to say about death and also about relationships and motherhood and despair. However, the racism and the Holocaust comparisons were extremely difficult to stomach, and ultimately meant I just couldn't get on board with this collection or with Plath.
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