![]() ![]() Some books are meant for you to pick up for ten minutes, flip to a random page and read a single passage before you put it down. But I also personally have the same issue with poetry. ![]() I just think it's difficult to try to devour her journals like you would a novel. She was an incredibly talented and prolific writer. I don't want anyone to think that her journals should take away from her work as an artist. And on, and on and on until I need a Lithium prescription myself. Z is my one, true soul mate and X and Y were just ridiculous little boys". They gift the reader with an intimate view into the mind and creative processes of this brilliant, unbalanced, creative and self-destructive woman. I love Y soooo much more than I could ever love X and this is the true thing. THE UNABRIDGED JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH are an absolutely essential adjunct to Sylvia Plaths writings. ![]() And while the woman is inarguably talented, it's hard to make it through pages and pages of "I love X and we'll be together forever.FAST FORWARD. In fact, her Hot Topic days seem to have extended until her death. ![]() And although she came to be one of the most profound writers of her day (Sylvia, not Bear Allen), Plath was once an emo, angsty teenager just like the rest of us. ain't no one want to read the 12th grade journals of one Miss Bear Allen. but the problems start when you're trying to read her innermost thoughts and insecurities. I truly respect Sylvia's writing and use of language. I had only previously read The Bell Jar (because I'm a cliche) and enjoyed it (well, as much as you can enjoy a book about drug overdoses and depression). Well, I think you guys got a good sense of my thoughts throughout the months it took me to complete this book. Dean: Is there anything in there about me? ![]()
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