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Mar 30, 2011 Jodie rated it it was amazing

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How I have not read this before? Loved it, all of it. I picked this up thinking god this is going to be depressing (given Sylvia Plath's life and death, that seemed to be a safe assumption). But I was wrong. Although there are some very sad scenes in this book, I mean it is a portrayal of her descent into clinical depression, but the writing lifts you and it becomes quite magical. She talks about wanting to crawl between the lines of a book so she can just live there and not here. And the initia ...more

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Sep 05, 2009 Jenna rated it liked it

I went into this read expecting a classic/touching story and although it wasn't exactly what I expected it was still good in it's own way. What I loved about this read was the metaphors and the vivid descriptions! The Descriptions just gave you an incredible feeling or knowing exactly what things looked like to Esther etc..

Although loving those parts of the read I have decided to rate this book at a 3 stars. Simply for the reason that no matter if its a classic or not it took nearly 90 pages int ...more

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Jan 04, 2010 Meg rated it liked it

Shelves: books-read-in-2010

I bought this book with a gift card to Barnes and Noble because it was a literary classic. I expected it to be...pardon the word...depressing in a sense, but after reading a little about Sylvia Plath, it does seem like a peep hole into her mind.

I liked the book. It's written really well, there is no doubt about that. I guess a part of my discontent with this book is I can't relate. Sure I get sad sometimes, but the woefulness and the melencholy of a girl who is truly depressed...I've never been ...more

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