![]() ![]() Strangely enough, if you remember in my last review, what bothered me most about The Good Earth did not bother me in The Bell Jar. ![]() And though Plath never really described many characters as to their personality, I began to feel I knew them all intimately. The writing that I was a little sketchy about at first helped me visualize the setting and get to know the characters. But that only remained within the first two pages, because after that I became absorbed. I went into the novel knowing that Plath was a poet and felt that at first the book was just another form of her poetry and her showing off her writing abilities. ![]() Her descriptions were crisp and precise, often using words that one rarely hears spoken or even read. ![]() When I first started reading the book I was a little put off, feeling it was an extremely pretensious novel. I assure you, The Bell Jar is a book all on it's own and should not be compared to any other book. I liked Catcher but I know there are many people who didn't and upon hearing that may be similar to Catcher not have the desire to read it. I was a little caught of guard when I read a few reviews of The Bell Jar comparing it to The Catcher in the Rye stating how it's the female version of it. I am gladly considering myself one of them. There are many who have read The Bell Jar and absolutely loved it. ![]()
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