A review by emilyacv
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

4.0

It’s dark, unapologetic, raw. It’s also a product of it’s time in ways that don’t age well (racist language…) Other aspects transcend time… the experience of a woman who comes to mistrust her own mind. Major stand out is the fig tree analogy, which has always hit close to home: 

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.
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