3.5/5 stars - very much an in-the-mind-of-Plath kind of book, and I found myself checking facts out of curiosity and they were always on point and accurate. Reading this book made me want to revisit Bell Jar and her posthumously published book of letters. Also hearing her reading of her poem "Daddy" on BBC radio in 1962 was haunting and I had not heard it before. After listening, I continued reading the novel only to find it mentioned there!