A review by paperknotbooks
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Edit 01.2023: originally read this after I left college in the early aughts. I only recall this feeling of rigidity and heartlessness. This was harder approaching the book now, especially after having read Red Comet, by Heather Clark. So haunting and gutting, Esther’s collapse was so much more raw than I recalled.
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