The Bell Jar (Hardcover)

from HeatherCHoffman

Unless she is a person who has never gone through a period of doubt and/or sadness, "The Bell Jar" is a book that all women should read at some point in their lives. It is the story of Esther Greenwood, who finds herself first having what is supposed to be the summer of a lifetime (although her m...

from apartmentcarpet

Plath's semi-autobiographical novel about a a young woman's journey through mental illness is still relevant today. This book is very readable, and the ending image of a bell jar hanging over the woman's head, ready to drop and suffocate her at any moment, is very powerful.

from rcooper3589

BOOK #19 This is, without a doubt, one of the best books I've ever read. Plath's ability to accurately articulate the feeling of falling into a deep depression is amazing. I actually felt as though she had tapped into my head and had poured my thoughts onto paper. I was also impressed by how adva...

from KateLowry

Quite brilliant. The Bell Jar is aptly named; in the first two thirds of the book Plath captures perfectly the sense of suffocation and stodginess that comes of the disconnection Esther finds in depression. Within this isolation Plath renders her thought processes and logic so clear that her reac...

from Rachissy

For the 1 or 2 people who don't already know, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is about one woman's struggle with mental illness. At the beginning of the book, the main character, Esther, has just received a prestige award. She gains a month long internship at a New York magazine along with 11 other ...