Bell the Bell Jar

Good one!

Have not read something so deeply emotional but also witty in a long time :)

Iam lost at words at how relatable,how deep emotions this book can evoke,uff..sylvia plath,the literary magician she was,the hypocritical standards imposed on women,her humour in the beginning of book😂this book is an intense portrayal of mental health, and how the protagonist slowly finds herself losing to it.the fig tree analogy in this, that is the best part, anyone can find it relatable.The ending was saddening,depressing,raw reality of life(not going to spoil it)Coming to quality of the book , it didn't had proper binding and the pages might come of easily ,if not handled delicately.reducing one star fo this only not for the content.

Good 👍😊

There’s a certain breeziness in the beginning—The Bell Jar opens like a tale of a young woman chasing ambition in the city that never sleeps.Sylvia Plath’s novel centres on Esther Greenwood, a bright college student navigating New York City in 1953. While others seek the glamour and excitement of the city, Esther’s experience is far from seamless. She encounters unsettling behavior from men and views other women as if they belong to an entirely different world. Her inability to meet the rigid standards expected of women only deepens her unprocessed grief and disappointment, slowly unraveling her mental health.The second half of the book shifts into something far more internal. Esther’s ambition and her persistent feelings of inadequacy begin to fracture her once-strong image. Though others see her as successful, she feels hollow inside. The cracks in her identity widen as she returns home and is pulled into the frightening world of psychiatric care.Plath captures Esther’s descent into confusion and madness with subtlety and grace. The language is restrained but powerful—no dramatic outbursts, just a slow, haunting unraveling. We feel her alienation deeply, and we come to understand that the world she’s been trying to belong to was never really meant for her. Esther is imperfect, conflicted, but deeply relatable.The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel—Plath’s only one—and it’s a work that pits a young woman’s mind against the void. I had wanted to read Plath for a long time, and as expected, her writing is absolutely beautiful. She has an incredible gift for imagery, turning even the mundane into poetry.That said, I found myself losing interest in the second half. Perhaps intentionally disorienting, it left me feeling distant and disillusioned by the end.

When you understand the correct feminism.You love everything more.

Supur

Book came really dirty.