The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Bell Jar
Book Review: Slyvia Plath's Genius
Summary: 5 Stars
The Bell Jar is an extraordinary piece of literature that delves into the very substance of Plath's mind, and her frustration with the outside world and the people within it. Plath's descriptions and metaphors of her surroundings give insight into her coming-of-age phase and her fall into a deep, dark state. Wonderfully written and an intriguing interpretation of what some of us regard as this dismal world, you'll come back to read it over and over.Book Review: Started out great
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought the beginning was excellent; I really liked the first paragraph. Very tight writing, but then it started to falter. I know it's due to the emotional unraveling of Esther, but it just fell apart for me. Still worth reading.Book Review: Still overlooked and undervalued. Why?
Summary: 5 Stars
I reread the Bell Jar every couple of years and have done so since I was 18. It's so much more than a morbid ride or a thinly-veiled autobiography. It's one of few great coming-of-age stories that we have as women. I've long since stopped reading this book as a glimpse into Sylvia's soul or coming suicide. I've also stopped reading it as a precursor to the coming feminist movement of the 1960s. I'm drawn back to it again and again because it's simply a well-told story. It's subtle, complex and occasionally very very funny.Book Review: The Bell Jar
Summary: 5 Stars
Bad Girls Club
I read this book every summer and have for the last few years. Plath is so apt at capturing her own descent into insanity, one little step at a time. She takes you on her journey with her in such a way that you truly feel her slip into this other world. I enjoy it most because it's flawless and as a writer, I have studied Plath to try and understand how she made everything work so well together. I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever suffered loss.
Book Review: The Bell Jar
Summary: 5 Stars
Flat out one of the best novels I've ever read. I've read her poems before and never really cared for them. I'm going to go back and read a few now that I have a perspective on who she was.
I saw one reviewer say he/she didn't understand how people found this novel thought provoking or moving. Well, I wouldn't consider it either one for me. What I did find was a candid story about a deeply troubled teenage girl in the first half of the twentieth century.
This should be on high school reading lists long before Tolstoy's eloquent yet stale Anna Karenina.. just to name one off the top of my head.