Slyvia Plath.
Has anyone read this?
At first i found it a little hard to get into because not much happened but after i kept reading i adored it, i think it is very beautiful but also very poignant.

I read this years and years ago and so can't remember it at all

I do remember thinking what a lovely book it was.

I read this book when I was in Highschool and I absolutely loved it. I have been meaning to re-read this soon. I also have her unabridged diaries on my bookshelf, but have not come round to reading this yet. I hope to do so next year.

I really didn't enjoy this book, I read it years ago and keep thinking about trying it again to see if my opinions have changed but there are too many books in the world lol!

Can't say i enjoyed it. I don't remeber it now but i recall at the time thinking it was depressing ,dull and was just glad to get to the end of it. dont know if i read it again if id feel any different about it.

I really njoyed this book but i need to gt another copy as the pages dropped out of mine

I really enjoyed this book. Very interesting read!

This is a book I wanted to read for a while, and finally did get round to it a while back. I have mixed feelings about it, which is why I didn't even write a review for it - I couldn't figure out what to say.
I was looking forward to this book because of the subject it deals with. BUT. For some reason, the main character annoyed me. I know she was (supposed to be) mentally unstable and all, but to me it just seemed like she was being a rude young girl (most of the time). I like the way the progression of her 'unwell' state was described (it was very believable and smooth, just like such a state would appear and evolve), but the character itself is what was bothering me. She didn't seem insane enough for the state she was apparently in. Again, she mostly seemed rude. Ok, so she was feeling empty and couldn't care about anything, but it wasn't described as such a drastic state (in the beginning, when explaining how she got there in the first place). The thing that made it convincing (for me) was her being helpless in all that, and not being able to get well without the help of others (in the hospital). And also, how simple it was to get from feeling a bit empty to suicide, such a huge transformation and yet tragically so easy to make. Maybe it's because Plath was focused on a certain feature of the character, which was the most important issue for her, and that didn't seem as important to me. Basically, I think I needed a bit more convincing.
Or maybe I just like drama
As for the writing style, I liked that very much, it was very 'fluent' and engaging. If the subject wasn't this grim I'd even say entertaining.

I read this as a teenager and didn't liek it although my friend loved it. Read it a year or two back again and actually liked it, weird how things change as you get older