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I never thought it'd come to this. A one star rating for one of my fav authors. Oh, but how the mighty have fallen. Imagine how terrible her writing(read wannabe Irish Shakespeare)is if I prefer Lindsay Kelk over her. This latest trilogy appears to be a testament of ennui. It cannot even be called old wine in a new bottle 'coz Roberts serves the same wine she's been serving since the three sisters trilogy. In. the. same. bottle!
Note to the celebrated Author:
Dear Nora,
Please do not turn activities you see during your vacation (hawk walks at the super expensive Ashford Castle; the stay at Inn Boonsbro etc) into novels. Worst idea ever.
Regards,
A concerned fan
And irrespective of the fact that I dislike the series, I will read the last book, because, unfortunately, I cannot quit a series halfway. As I mote, so it will be :/
Note to the celebrated Author:
Dear Nora,
Please do not turn activities you see during your vacation (hawk walks at the super expensive Ashford Castle; the stay at Inn Boonsbro etc) into novels. Worst idea ever.
Regards,
A concerned fan
And irrespective of the fact that I dislike the series, I will read the last book, because, unfortunately, I cannot quit a series halfway. As I mote, so it will be :/
"How did I know that someday--at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere--the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn’t descend again?"
This book ought to come with a warning - Not for the faint-hearted!
The Bell Jar has got to be the most profoundly depressing book I've ever read. Yet once I started, I couldn't stop. Initially Esther came across as a churlish young woman who was unhappy for no reason, and as the novel progresses, you witness her slow descent into madness brought on by a hypocritical society. I often wondered what made Sylvia Plath commit suicide on the brink of being the next big thing in the literary world, but having read the book now ( based on the events of Plath's life) and the terrible experiences Esther went through ( Her mother's inability to understand her mental state and offer the kind of support her daughter needed was the most painful of all), I understood that for Plath, death probably was the freedom that she craved all her misunderstood life.
It's depressing tone notwithstanding, the novel is a brilliant insight into the lives of women of the '50s and the restrictions placed on them, things which women of today's generation can identify with. Like " hey, you're a smart girl, well-educated, why aren't you married yet? Yes Ma'am, I studied and got all those degrees so I could get married and have babies." At the risk of quoting the infamous Sonam Kapoor - You know what I mean?).
This book ought to come with a warning - Not for the faint-hearted!
The Bell Jar has got to be the most profoundly depressing book I've ever read. Yet once I started, I couldn't stop. Initially Esther came across as a churlish young woman who was unhappy for no reason, and as the novel progresses, you witness her slow descent into madness brought on by a hypocritical society. I often wondered what made Sylvia Plath commit suicide on the brink of being the next big thing in the literary world, but having read the book now ( based on the events of Plath's life) and the terrible experiences Esther went through ( Her mother's inability to understand her mental state and offer the kind of support her daughter needed was the most painful of all), I understood that for Plath, death probably was the freedom that she craved all her misunderstood life.
It's depressing tone notwithstanding, the novel is a brilliant insight into the lives of women of the '50s and the restrictions placed on them, things which women of today's generation can identify with. Like " hey, you're a smart girl, well-educated, why aren't you married yet? Yes Ma'am, I studied and got all those degrees so I could get married and have babies." At the risk of quoting the infamous Sonam Kapoor - You know what I mean?).
