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ellislock 's review for:
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful prose, but without being too challenging. While the treatment of mental illness, women, and race is all clearly of its time, the journey of Esther through her mental illness is still profoundly relatable.
Some favourite quotes:
“‘What does a woman see in a woman that she can’t see in a man?’ … ‘Tenderness.’”
“But they were part of me. They were my landscape.”
Some favourite quotes:
“But they were part of me. They were my landscape.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Self harm