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Old 03-27-2012, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by wild-heart View Post
I've been meaning to read this forever. Sylvia Plath fascinates me so much.
You seriously should mate, I want to read her journals next.

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I read this years ago. I'm a huge fan of Sylvia's anyway, and this book is one of my favorites. Being somebody who is considered by the medical world as having a mental disorder (I find it horrendous how they could class depression as a mental disorder, but...) , it's a book I can relate to.
I almost feel like I can relate to the bleakness Esther feels at times, but I find it enchanting how Plath creates this faultless illusion of Esther's depression without actually creating it. I'm not sure that makes sense.
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