I really wish I had read this book when i was depressed. I could have related so much more to Esther's character.i felt that Sylvia Plath was sharing a part of herself in this book and i really couldn't separate Esther from Sylvia in my mind.a very powerful beautifully written novel. I tried not to ...
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath This is a poem by Sylvia Plath included after the bookMad Girl's Love SongI shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;I lift my lids and all is born again.(I think I made you up inside my head.)The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,And arbitrary blackness ...
I have found myself lost several times between pages wondering if i skipped a page, especiaĺly in the first half of the book. At first, the book did not appeal to me, but later on it seemed to me as if the first half was an initiation to the real state of mind of Esther. Suddenly everything that did...
Whoever is still comparing this book to CATCHER IN THE RYE, please stop. CATCHER was a meandering, lackadaisical plod from pubescent interest into collegiate boredom. The “anyhows” and “anyways” served as fuel for my page-tearing rage. Needless to say, I didn’t like it. THE BELL JAR is informative, ...
This book is hard to read at times. It's hard to read a book where the protagonist is spiraling down into depression and we, the readers, just sit back and read about it. It's uncomfortable and heartbreaking but beautiful and eloquent. Esther may be one of my favorite characters I've ever had the op...
As far as ratings go, this one was a hard one to give. Of course, I could dispute that I shouldn’t be giving them anyway, since different genres ought to be evaluated differently and you can’t establish proper criteria for a fair rating system, but let’s be honest - we live in a rating system. Peopl...
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is my first book in the Classics Club Challenge book challenge to read 50 classics in 5 years. All the books I have chosen are books I have not previously read. http://missjomarch.booklikes.com/ClassicsClub I am so pleased to have finally read this book. I feel as if i...
I decided it was ridiculous I’d never read The Bell Jar. This was my thought almost as soon as I’d made my resolution to make sure I expand my current reading horizons, so it was first book I started. I’m extremely glad I did so. I’m also glad I waited until now to read it. I don’t think I would h...
Sylvia Plath's only novel, THE BELL JAR, was a second-hand purchase from a lovely cafe we use as we head south east into Wiltshire...Dick Willow. I'd been meaning to read it for ever, and so enjoyed the wonderfully unself-concsious, almost artless tone which was lighter and funnier than I could have...
I have found this marvellous book variously difficult and unsatisfying. I feel deep fellowship with Esther; the fact that at times I cannot understand her feelings and actions pulls and stretches the boundaries of empathy. In later readings I've felt less interested in her opinions and more in the u...
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