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I tackled this autobiographical novel over the weekend for the "Classics Corner" discussion at Constant Reader and found it a very engrossing read. Knowing the outcome of the larger story beyond the bounds of the book itself made the reading especially powerful and compulsive.
I enjoyed the humor deployed early on as Esther spends her month in Manhattan as a summer intern at a ladies' fashion magazine. I gained a real sense of what it must have been like to be that suburban Boston college "schol ...more
I enjoyed the humor deployed early on as Esther spends her month in Manhattan as a summer intern at a ladies' fashion magazine. I gained a real sense of what it must have been like to be that suburban Boston college "schol ...more
fantastic book- provides such rich insight into how things have changed for women since the 60's
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It was all too easy to relate to the main character - a girl suffering from a warped perception of her capabilities and the expectations of those she loves. Sylvia Plath writes beautifully.
One image in particular stays with me: at one point the main character analogizes her life to the fruit of a fig tree. While she sits and tries to decide which fruit to grab (i.e. which life path to choose), they wither and die before her eyes.
One image in particular stays with me: at one point the main character analogizes her life to the fruit of a fig tree. While she sits and tries to decide which fruit to grab (i.e. which life path to choose), they wither and die before her eyes.
I just finished reading this again and loved it for different reasons than I loved it the first few times. Picking it up again after a few years, I no longer feel it's depressing, I feel inspired by it. It gives such an authentic, personal view of a girl's mental illness, that you see things her way, and by the end you're relating to her irrational thoughts. One of my favorites.
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At 17, I thought this was a great book. Rereading it at 40, I wouldn't give it a 5 star rating, more like 3.5-4.
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