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berrymae 's review for:
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
I am split between rating this book as a 3 or a 4 star. I really enjoyed it but I'm on the fence on what to rate it.
I told myself when it comes to classics I wouldn't give them as detailed ratings as some of my other books but there are a few things I wanted to mention about the bell jar.
Unlike some other people I did not read this book as a required reading in high school, so I was coming into this book for the first time as a 25 year old. I am glad that I read it now rather than as a teenager, I feel like if I had read this as an undiagnosed teenager I would have been SO ANNOYING about it. Like this book would have been my PERSONALITY. Reading it now as a 25 year old on antidepressants- not nearly as unbearable about having read it lol
Going into the book I knew the premise and already knew a bit about Sylvia's life, so it wasn't too much of a surprise in terms of events that happened. The book did draw me in with the way she writes and how it felt so so real and so much like her own stream of consciousness. So many people complain about the main character and her fall from being the "perfect" student to depressed and not okay, saying that she had no reason to act or feel that way- but in my opinion it makes sense I can see exactly how it happens. It is so realistic it almost made me nauseous at some points. She was first and foremost extremely mentally ill, and you are reading her thought process first hand. This book is also a product of it's time when it was written in regards to mental health and women's issues of the time, which is not something to ignore when it comes to this book. It adds necessary context.
I told myself when it comes to classics I wouldn't give them as detailed ratings as some of my other books but there are a few things I wanted to mention about the bell jar.
Unlike some other people I did not read this book as a required reading in high school, so I was coming into this book for the first time as a 25 year old. I am glad that I read it now rather than as a teenager, I feel like if I had read this as an undiagnosed teenager I would have been SO ANNOYING about it. Like this book would have been my PERSONALITY. Reading it now as a 25 year old on antidepressants- not nearly as unbearable about having read it lol
Going into the book I knew the premise and already knew a bit about Sylvia's life, so it wasn't too much of a surprise in terms of events that happened. The book did draw me in with the way she writes and how it felt so so real and so much like her own stream of consciousness. So many people complain about the main character and her fall from being the "perfect" student to depressed and not okay, saying that she had no reason to act or feel that way- but in my opinion it makes sense I can see exactly how it happens. It is so realistic it almost made me nauseous at some points. She was first and foremost extremely mentally ill, and you are reading her thought process first hand. This book is also a product of it's time when it was written in regards to mental health and women's issues of the time, which is not something to ignore when it comes to this book. It adds necessary context.