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Book Review of The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
Author: Sylvia Plath
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed on
Helpful Score: 6


I can easily see why this is a classic.. what I cannot understand is why it took me so long to read it! And I mean, why I did not read it earlier on in my life, because I finished it in a day.
I saw myself in Esther's downward spiral so vividly, it was frightening! The characters were all so well written, but not so much so that they took away from the main story.. from the all consuming fear of being a nobody.. becoming nothing. Esther's fears consume the reader much as they consumed herself.

I was so engrossed in this book, that the night I finished the read, I dreamed of shock therapy.