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Nov 01, 2016 Jeni rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was not expecting to love this book. Seriously, it's a contender for favorite book number 5. Plath's way with words was great and the writing was amazing. Though this is an autobiography (essentially) and her depiction of depression and mental health issues was a little too close for comfort. Of course that is what made it so good, how realistic it was. I also loved how she portrayed women's issues, especially for her day as it was (and in some ways still is) you have a career or get married a ...more

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Aug 26, 2024 Miki Dimitrova rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Wow. Some of the best writing ever written. Sentences striking like bullets.

It moved me towards life despite - and through - the darkness.

I wish we had more of SP and she had had more. But I find it reassuring(?) that at least her heroine will continue to be
as we descend and ascend with her every time we get lost in the pages.

(Not here for the occasional racism though, which was entirely unnecessary and jarring and had nothing to do with the topics discussed, so the «it’s a product of its time ...more

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Mar 17, 2018 Margot rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, i-own-it, favorites, american-classics, audio-books, 2018-read, coffee-and-books-2018

I loved this book. Even though a few small passages felt long and lost my attention (I was listening to the audio book) I enjoyed most of the book very much. It is well writen and I felt a lot of sadness for the author, but also for every person living with mental illness. So much suffering must feel unbearable and needs professional and competent people to help.

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