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Summary: Brutally truthful read of a nascent natural artist
Review: Simply written but plenty wrought with that which is involved in coping with adult life. This ironic to the prevailing suicidal theme in the novel. The thoughts are by someone who is coming of age. This book is a must read. It is not only about a woman nor a suicidal person. It is about an fallible human and her raw inner thoughts about happenings around her. The genius is in Sylvia's objectiveness and her sharp unwitting intelligent remarks!
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Summary: How It Feels to Go Crazy
Review: This book really captured me, in more ways than one. It is an an autobiographical book taking place in the 1950's about a nineteen year old woman named Esther Greenwood, who was staying in New York City for bing picked to go to a meeting for young journalists. There were many other women there too, and she made a few friends. From the time she arrived, she was slowly getting worse mentally, but no one realized it...not even her. She had many trials in her lifetime that led up to her breakdown. First, her father died when she was nine, leaving her with a mother and a brother, both of which she hated. She lost some friends. To make it worse, her first "love interest" betrayed her. All of these things made up her life that she hated to live. She ended up in many institutions, and she ended up hating all of her counselors. One put her into shock treatments, and the treatments scared her so much that she hid everytime she heard those words, fearing that it would be her that had to go through them. The other tried to help her by making he talk to her mother, whom she could not stand. She finally ended up confessing that she hates her mother and she always has. From that point on, she felt free from everything. Her first "love interest" ended up getting TB and got very sick. His girlfriend, Joan, ended up in the same institution that Esther was in. This upset her very mich. She was never close to Joan, but when Joan was found drowned, her patents called Esther and told her that she was one of Joan's best friends, and they asked her to come to the funeral. Esther went, and it was a whole new beginning for her. From that day on, she progressed a lot. She finally ended up getting to go home and she tried to lead a normal life. This book by Sylvia Plath was actually written about her own experiences as a nineteen-year-old girl in New York City. The book was written just as she remembered, but every name was changed. She committed suicide when she was in her early thirty's because of her life and the way it had turned out.
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing!
Review: I read this book under the impression that it would be a stereotypical mental illness book. Once i read the first chapter i knew that it was different from any other book that i've read. The emotions that she goes through. The way she describes her feelings. I was enraptured throughout the entire story. I couldn't believe that someone could go through something like she did. It was unbelievable. And the ways she pondered her suicide, i never knew that was possible. For some reason or another, it appealed to me when she explained the she wanted to draw a warm bath and slit her wrists, watching her red blood flow out of them. Likes red clouds. I don't understand why that was so appealing to me. It was a incredible book and it opens your eyes to the possibilities that a human can go through.
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Summary: A true character study that leaves you stunned
Review: What a wonderful insight into the mind of someone who is tortured by depression. Plath does a good job of helping you to empathize with the main character so much that it makes you wonder if you could end up in the same state, which emphasizes the insidiousness of mental illness. This book made me almost cry just because of the beautiful way she describes her pain and feelings of isolation.
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Summary: Best book in a long time
Review: I picked up this book on a lark and could not put it down. The dipiction of ester's decent and how she rose again kept me entralled to the very core. to read how she struggle and to dee how her life was touched me. Ester forced her readers to look inside themselves and made it clear that you are not to be afriad or look down on the characters in this book. Everyone of them had a reason and a purpose to complete and I would defnitly recoment that if you are looking for a good pice to read that Slyvia Platt is the way to go.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read.
Review: This book is really incredible. It is a really short read and it has this great way of sucking you in. The whole time I was reading it I felt as if I was going crazy right along with the main character! It's really a shame that Plath wasn't able to write more, she's one of the most talented authors I've read.
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Summary: Powerful and Touching
Review: I was scared to pick up this book a couple of years ago because a friend had told me that it was dark and depressing, and I somehow formed an unfairly morbid picture of the book - for it is NOT dark and depressing. It is dark in some ways, but I would not say that it is depressing. It would be more accurate to say that it is disturbing at times, but this facet should in no way discourage a potential reader. The main reason you should read this book is because a powerful and touching story is told. This is, however, only one reason. It's worth reading because Sylvia Plath has a pure voice that rings. She is witty. Her words have punch. She paces words well and she uses words well, precisely. One thing I love best about her writing is its immediacy - she reminds me of how I want to write. She brings the reader right in, with not a lot of prelude setup. And once you scramble a bit to know exactly what's going on and who everyone is, you soon enough you do. It's a small wonder - it's a great way to write. If you enjoyed Catcher in the Rye, I'm almost completely certain that you would enjoy this book - because her tone is the most similar to Salinger's that I have ever encountered. It's a different voice, of course, it's her own, but she shares a certain intangible with him that is captivating. In summary, it's not exactly an easy read because she gives us a lot to digest, but it's a book that's definitely worth the journey.
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Summary: A tight grasp on reality
Review: Sylvia Plath , is the most realistic writer I've ever read. I know everybody loves fantasy , but sometimes, we all just want to curl up and read books that will make us feel. Like this one. She words things really well. I think this book makes people feel better for some reason. I would read it,it's g ood!
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Summary: I have read this book 9 times, I got to get a life.
Review: This book broke my heart, beautifully written every word is crucial to the story. First time I read it was in the early 70's when I was a "hanger on" around the CMU campus in Pittsburgh. . There is an excellent PBS documentary (Silent Woman) about Sylvia Plath and her many biographers. I lost a job driving a concrete truck because I watched it at 6:AM on a workday and was late for work. The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm
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Summary: Great psychological insight
Review: A tale of a sane woman in an insane world, or is it . . . anyway a great tale narrated with vivid imagery. The dark humor of the text is a counter to the meloncholy of the main character. A great read. Recommended.
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