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A review by heartsneedle
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
5.0
5/5
tw: self harm, suicide
"You shouldn’t have broken that mirror. Then maybe they’d have let you stay."
But of course I knew the mirror had nothing to do with it.
Depression, College, Psychological
Societal Conventions, Women v. Male Oppressors
Plath permeates a frightening tour of the medical world with glimpses at madness and mental breakdown. The immersive (mirror) quality coupled with the established mood carries you like a shadow following Esther until left alone, used at the novel’s close. Still, The Bell Jar creates one of the more horrific exposures of patriarchy, female perfectionism, and the struggle for self-identity that I’ve read.
tw: self harm, suicide
"You shouldn’t have broken that mirror. Then maybe they’d have let you stay."
But of course I knew the mirror had nothing to do with it.
Depression, College, Psychological
Societal Conventions, Women v. Male Oppressors
Plath permeates a frightening tour of the medical world with glimpses at madness and mental breakdown. The immersive (mirror) quality coupled with the established mood carries you like a shadow following Esther until left alone, used at the novel’s close. Still, The Bell Jar creates one of the more horrific exposures of patriarchy, female perfectionism, and the struggle for self-identity that I’ve read.