'I talk to God but the sky is empty, and Orion walks by and doesn't speak'

Plath's artistry lies in her gift for capturing  some of lifes most pivotal, most raw and vulnerable moments with an exquisite lyricism.  At the same time her confessional style of writing, at times, possesses a brutal frankness. A self described victim of interospection, Plath's works read as a deep analysis of the inner workings of the Human mind. It's insecurities and flaws, it's sense of wonder, hope and imagination; and the fear invoked by the transience of such qualities. Focusing equally on the experiences in life that unite us all, and of course the emotions that carry us through them, the transitions from childhood to adulthood, innocence to experience, life to death all feature heavily within the collection. The addition of the excerpts from her notebooks over several years give incredible insight into the processes Plath went through in her writing, demonstrating how to find the parts of herself she scattered throughout her work. An anthology for the weary, the disillusioned and the discontented, I defy anyone to read this collection and come away unchanged.