lia ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ’s Reviews > Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams > Status Update

fifteen-dollar eagle:
i don’t really get this one. it felt very misogynistic, and i’m struggling to tell if this was intentional or more of plath’s ignorance. i do see quite a bit of potential in this story though. i’m also exhausted and can’t analyze properly atm so i will examine more soon

fire bro

remember when i said i'd read a story a day? yeah i lied. anyways,
im still struggling to find a common theme among these stories. what was the method of selection, or is it simply that?
the inclusion of notebook entries baffles me, since they don't appear to relate to any stories (though i need to do more reflection)
i will say, above all i adore sylvia's essays. 10/10 writing i hope to one day achieve right here

guess who finally read this after 3 weeks…
here are my thoughts on the entry “the smiths: george, marjorie, and claire”
i can’t help but wonder what the purpose of this entry in the collection was. it doesn’t even seem to go into so much detail of the scenery, as hughes claims plath did in the intro. this section kind of bored me- while it was interesting to see writing, there was really no message to it.

guys... remember i'm reading a story every day... yeah well that has gone out the window

been a HOT minute since i picked this one up

reading one beautiful chapter at a time, providing a review of each in the status updates for myself mostly.
mothers: excellent imagery. can’t help but wonder if this esther is meant to be a continuation of greenwood and if the mother bit is more on the duties of women
ocean 1212: OH MY GOD. i loved it. beautiful, nostalgic, descriptive, and lovely language