Sunday, October 20, 2013

Review: The Bell Jar


The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Sylvia's semi-autobiographical novel comes across to me like a time capsule for another era. In that time it seemed women were corraled into a superficial appearance of independence and intelligence. As Plath's main character seems to get lost in the struggle between that artificial world and her own spirited if unformed individual direction I find it difficult to connect with her, but also sympathetic for her accident of placement in time while also enjoying a story artfully told.



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