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The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar
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Author: Sylvia Plath
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 1972
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Bantam Books

Book Reviews of The Bell Jar

Book Review: The Bell Jar, Reviewed by Phoebe Young
Summary: 5 Stars

Sylvia Plath's timeless novel The Bell Jar has without a doubt exceeded my high expectations. Her writing is nothing short of beautifully detailed, incredibly creative and downright genius. She, unlike other authors has the ability to keep her readers in such a way that to abandon the book is virtually impossible. Her novel is as smooth and effortless as her poetry. The heartbreaking story tells about the year she tried to kill herself and the inescapable feelings that haunted her, feelings of being trapped and alone - as if in a bell jar. My criticisms for Plath are little to none. The book is at times excruciatingly painful to read, the ideas that went on in Esther Greenwood's head are explained beautifully but are also about death and feeling suffocated, trapped and isolated - they are about sheer depression and the end of her innocence. It is hard to read the chunks in the book when the people that love her make desperately vain efforts to save Esther. And although the book's plot can at times be hard to digest, the writing is so fantastic that it is well worth the read.
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