Bell Jar

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Summary: Girl Spirals Downward to Suicide Attempts!
Review: Esther Greenwood is an accomplished, yet young writer. She moves to New York City for an internship, and her life begins its downward spiral. Her relationship with her mother is extremely volatile. Esther returns home after her internship is over. She attempts suicide several times beforebeing adtmitted into a mental hospital. There, Esther finally recieves the help she needs. The story of Esther Greewood is that of the author, Sylvia Plath. Tbe novel is an emotional view of a suicidal human being. It is depressing and realistic. The author's style brings the reader into the novel to experience Esther's thoughts and emotions.

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Summary: Sheer Genius
Review: This is my favorite book. I absolutely loved it. Sylvia Plath is not only a magnicificent writer, she is a remarkable genius.

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Summary: incredible work
Review: I read the Bell Jar for my term paper in a literature class. i was literally blown away by Plath's work. she tells a story very similar to her own. i found many similarities between Esther and myself, excluding the depression. Esther was willing to break the mold, but she did not always realize it. i enjoyed this book so much and would recommend it to anyone, especially teenage girls like myself. i would also recommend her poetry. i have found that reading the poetry as well as the novel help to create a better understanding of Plath's life.

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Summary: The book was awesome.
Review: Sylvia Plath is a wonderful author. The book was exceptional in my mind. She captured real life in her book like no other book i've ever read.

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Summary: As of now, this is my most favorite book - and I read a lot!
Review: I am a regular reader, yet I am more geared toward science fiction/fantasy books. I got this book from a reading list, and was hesitant to try it because I thought it would be just another boring fiction novel. It was anything BUT broing. Sylvia Plath does a great job in amusing you and making you feel. The pathos is strong in this one!

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Summary: Wonderfull story
Review: I totally enjoyed the Bell Jar, it's a wonderfull book and the way the writer describes things is so realistic. My native language isn't english, but I didn't have any problems with the book. It's easy to read. It's so strange when you realise that the writer, Sylvia Plath, commited suicide after writing the book. The ideas described in the book are really hers. That makes it a biography.

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Summary: normal overachiever gets mistaken for crazy
Review: this book by sylvia plath as so rad. i had to read it for school and i thought great, another giant waste of time. i was so wrong. it was scary how girls can relate to this. i don't think the main character was crazy at all and wss glad that she was able to come out of the book alive.

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Summary: One of the most powerful books that I have read.
Review: Plath delivers a hard hitting and realistic novel to thereader. It is so powerful, you will feel like you've been in the story with her.

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Summary: Esther feels that she is in a bell Jar.
Review: The Bell Jar is a very great novel. It was written by Sylvia Plath, who is best recognized for her poetry. She committed suicide when she was thirty. The Bell Jar is not an autobiography, but there are some similarities to the author's life. The book is about a young girl named Esther, who is dealing with her mental illness. She has a severe mental breakdown and, eventually, she takes sleeping pills to attempt suicide. The major cause for Esther's breakdown is the lack of a clear individualized femal role. She feels that she is in a bell jar, stewing in her own foul air. However, the book ends on a hopeful note, as she enters for her conference with doctor. Overall, this is a very good book to read and I recommend it.

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Summary: Very good.
Review: I am 42 years old and have just read The Bell Jar for the first time. This is the story of a young woman in the 50's who did not fit the mold of what society at that time dictated that a woman should be. She could not accept this, and in the beginning, it was hard to feel sorry for her because it seemed she gave up too easily. She wanted to be a writer, she didn't get into the writing class, and instead of taking some other course and trying the writing course again later, she gave up and slipped into depression. Esther's character was starkly contrasted by the other successful women characters. There were women doctors, women psychiatrists, women editors. Surely these characters also had gone up against the same pressures and societal dictate that Esther experienced. Yet they overcame their obstacles whereas Esther succumbed to defeat. The book was fascinating and every well written. I highly recommend it.