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A classic - I read it every year.
This was given to me by a professor who knew that I abhorred poetry....so I obligingly read this and have come to appreciate poetry a bit more now than when I was a bullheaded student. Still, reading this was a chore and all I can recollect is that Emily was depressed and therefore created essentially depressing- though artistic- poetry. Yawn.
I've heard and read a lot of good reviews about this, saying they were moved but I was a bit of disappointed. It was nice, alright. I just expected a lot from it. It's not so great for me.
i would have liked to have been elizabeth. but in reality, i was probably more like gerard, wanting desparately to be part of the clique but will always remain an outsider.
I think every one should read this book. I laughed out loud and questioned my values at the same time.
Really great. It was incredibly introspective, sometimes almost to the point of discomfort. I had the unique problem of having a hard time paying attention because it kept sending me off on mental tangents. The ending was a little unsatisfying for me though. I follow the protagonist as he navigates the trenches of his psyche. I identify with his social and personal maladies. I start to build hope for him and myself as he is dragged up in spite of these problems, and then he has some revelation, but I didn't have the revelation with him. It felt like he was inspecting himself for wounds and as he found new bruises, I would discover them on myself, and at the end he claps his hands together and is all better (or at least starting to mend) but I'm still just standing here with all these new injuries I hadn't noticed before. I may have just slipped off the rope and need to read it again but All in all I thought it was fantastic.