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this was very good, probably better than throne of glass although I did read them a year apart lol. The only thing is that it was a tad bit predictable, and some of the plot twists I guessed before they actually happened. But still overall very good, and I can't wait to read the third book
4 stars

I thought this was a very good overall review of Roman history, I learned a lot generally but there was nothing super in-depth. Still very helpful 4 stars

...this before but there are just some poets that click with you in a way others don't and just feel like a true reflection of your soul, and Sylvia Plath is that for me. I am constantly amazed and in awe of her beautiful writing that seems almost familiar to me

Wow just so incredible. You can see through her poems her descent into her deepest depression before her suicide and reading the poems from that year and the year before felt very chilling. Daddy is such an amazing poem it's actually stunning and Lady Lazarus as well (obviously they are popular for a reason and there are many other incredible ones as well but those are well known and very good). I think I've said...

oh 5 stars

...god. And also how both of these extremes can drive us away from religion. And just the general influence of religion on society. This felt like a nightmare fueled fairytale in the best way. I really enjoyed it

...very specific target audience in mind that I fall in with. This was such an exploration of the human soul and the deepest desires and depravities of humanity, and how that can come out both in the most desperate savage of situations (like being on the edge of death from famine and drought) and also in the most excess of situations, where the power and influence of one man makes him feel invincible and like a...

...it and it made sense. I really really enjoyed the second half and I couldn't put it down once it all clicked. This was one of those books that played out like a movie in my head and how the the personalities of the characters developed and changed throughout the novel was really cool to see. I feel like Otessa Moshfegh is popular but still so underrated because not everyone gets her as I think her books have a...

this was a fucking crazy ride. I read this in two halves, over the course of 2 separate road trips in the span of a week. At first I struggled a bit with it just because the format was so unfamiliar to me and it was also quite repulsive at points. But I think once I kind of grasped what the book was trying to communicate and how the setup and character arc of Marek was playing into things I kind of got more into...

...of incredible work very soon before her suicide. Overall I am enjoying the poems even more as time progresses (which corresponds with more depression and hopelessness...) I also really enjoyed Tulips which makes me think that I'm just overall a fan of longer poems. If they're too short and snappy it's harder for me to get the full effect, I enjoy drawn out colorful language and the true full imagery

I just read Three Women, that is definitely one of my favorite poems so far. I think it's showing three women at different stages in their life, all of which are obviously dealing with depression or some other mental issue. I'm onto 1962, the year before she died, and I've heard this is the most impressive year for her poetry as she had a creative bout in the month of October and produced an extraordinary amount...

currently obsessed with this man actually

wow she really wanted to die

ok tom i see you
5 stars

have I mentioned that I'm in love with her?

ok I'm getting it now, like the point of the story but god this narrator is pissing me off (ik that's the point but)

...made me very emotional and I thought it was so beautiful and introspective. A stunning piece of work
5 stars

...didn't particularly appeal to me but that will always happen. Overall, I thought it was a stunning piece of work. Some of the criticisms I've heard is that it uses the same metaphors of rot and blood and so forth but this is a collection, I believe there is supposed to be a running theme. I loved how the poems were separated into to Plath, Kafka, and Nietzsche and the inclusion of photographs throughout. This...

I read the first two poems yesterday and ngl was a bit scared they were going to be very milk & honey instagram poetry-esque but today I got home from a long day of school and was in the right introspective, nostalgic, and melancholic mood for this type of poetry. I sat down outside with sparking strawberry lemonade and classical music in a spot of sun and read the entire thing. There were a couple of poems that...

this is a perfect morning breakfast book <3

BEDS EMPTY! NO NOTE! YOU COULD HAVE DIED! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SEEN!

finished in 2 days. Somehow I can just fly through HP books like nobody's business. Might have something to do with the fact that they were the only books I read for like a good at least 4 years so I would comfortably say I've read the series probably 15+ times and have them almost memorized
5 stars :)