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This is good at depicting depression and Plath’s mindset through words, which is basically what I came for. Very intense. It also shows how good vs. bad psychiatrists can totally change and affect the course of treatment and mental illness.
It also depicts women in the 1950s, pre-birth control pill, which is interesting. Of course, like a lot of feminism at the time, it’s concerned with white cis women in heterosexual relationships. Esther others those of different races, is baffled by homosexual ...more
It also depicts women in the 1950s, pre-birth control pill, which is interesting. Of course, like a lot of feminism at the time, it’s concerned with white cis women in heterosexual relationships. Esther others those of different races, is baffled by homosexual ...more
I have no idea why I waited so long to read this. I guess I thought it was a basic girl favorite? Lame. I loved it. The writing was phenomenal. Plath was clearly wildly talented. I listened to this on audiobook and the sentences I heard made me want to go back and read them again.
One thing I specifically like was her description of depression as nothingness. I've heard many other people describe depression as sadness or weepiness, but Plath describes it as lack of motivation, emptiness, stale a ...more
One thing I specifically like was her description of depression as nothingness. I've heard many other people describe depression as sadness or weepiness, but Plath describes it as lack of motivation, emptiness, stale a ...more
I'm glad to have finally read The Bell Jar. It was on my TBR for years, and then I bought a copy which sat around for another few years while I worked up the courage to start it. I needn't have waited so long. The book was an engaging, often beautiful immersion into the inner world of someone going through something very dark. And it somehow performed this trick without making me feel very dark as well.
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Nope, not for me... Definitely not for me.
Well, it is certainly an interesting book - but I am not sure what else to think about it, yet.
May 31, 2015
Caitlin
marked it as to-read
Aug 03, 2015
Liesl
marked it as to-read
