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Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne by John Keats, Jane Campion
mwaskom's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
3.0
letters 4/5, poems honestly like 2/5
goldenorchids12's review against another edition
5.0
This was a re-read, and something I really needed right now.
pixieprose's review against another edition
5.0
John Keats wrote the most beautiful letters. I swoon and they weren't even written for me.
emmagetz's review against another edition
5.0
“I have been astonished that Men could die Martyrs for religion – I have shudder’d at it – I shudder no more – I could be martyr’d for my Religion – Love is my religion – I could die for that – I could die for you.”
ocnlvr83's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book so much! I enjoyed reading poems I'd never read before, and those letters were amazing.
shewantsthediction's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
The letters were way better than the poems in my opinion! Style takes some getting used to, lots of mythological characters, archaic words and such.
klcsl's review against another edition
5.0
The letters Fanny wrote to Keats were all buried with him, so we only get one side of the relationship. That's fine, since this book isn't a love story. It's simply a collection of letters and poems and nothing more. Keats is one of my favorite poets. I love his rhythms and word choices. I can be emotionally moved by absolutely anything he wrote. This is no exception.
However, because we only get his side, I started feeling like he was selfish in his love. It seemed, on several occasions, that he was only interested in Fanny for her physical beauty. According to the introduction, she was skilled in multiple areas, creative, and intelligent. It seems like a waste to only love her for her appearance, but based on subsequent letters, it seems she called him out on that, which is awesome.
Bright Star is only 130 pages in length and has no plot, but I found myself more immersed in it than almost any other book. I'd recommend it to all the romantics out there.
However, because we only get his side, I started feeling like he was selfish in his love. It seemed, on several occasions, that he was only interested in Fanny for her physical beauty. According to the introduction, she was skilled in multiple areas, creative, and intelligent. It seems like a waste to only love her for her appearance, but based on subsequent letters, it seems she called him out on that, which is awesome.
Bright Star is only 130 pages in length and has no plot, but I found myself more immersed in it than almost any other book. I'd recommend it to all the romantics out there.
truestorydesu's review against another edition
5.0
Yup, I'm reading this on Valentine's Day. Because no one will ever love another person the way John Keats loved Fanny Brawne. And I don't believe the naysayers - I am 100% convinced that Fanny loved him back. We've never read her letters to him, after all. They might be as passionate and lovelorn as his.
Sometimes I feel weird reading a real person's actual letters to another person. I wonder how Keats would feel if everyone were reading the letters he meant to only ever be read by Fanny Brawne. Still - these are perhaps some of the most romantic and heartbreaking things in existence. Damn you, tuberculosis! Damn you! *shakes fist*
Sometimes I feel weird reading a real person's actual letters to another person. I wonder how Keats would feel if everyone were reading the letters he meant to only ever be read by Fanny Brawne. Still - these are perhaps some of the most romantic and heartbreaking things in existence. Damn you, tuberculosis! Damn you! *shakes fist*